Strongest CME this year

Was sitting in the sun today, relaxing after some hard gardening. The sun was pretty hot, and actually burning, scorching. I could not look at the sun with my eyes closed, much to bright. And when I held my hand before my eyes, I could feel the light burning on the inside of my hand. Also I saw very thin feathery clouds high up in the atmosphere, and I knew this was from solar wind impacting the earth. I had not looked on the web to see current status of the sun, but I knew something was going on. Earlier this evening I came across this video: