The Chree method has been used to analyze cosmic‐ray data recorded by neutron monitors at Sulphur Mountain (geomagnetic latitude 58°N) and Resolute (geomagnetic latitude 83°N) during 1959 and 1960, in an attempt to determine changes in cosmic‐ray intensity associated with solar flares. A total of 274 solar flares of magnitude ≥2 were considered. It has been found that small increases in the intensity of the nucleon component, of the order of 0.25 percent, are recorded at Sulphur Mountain associated with the appearance of solar flares which are accompanied by shortwave fadeout. No appreciable changes occur otherwise. The Resolute data indicate a small increase for flares accompanied by shortwave fadeout during 1959 but no change for other flares; no significant changes in the intensity of cosmic radiation at Resolute followed the appearance of optical flares during 1960.