U.S. Climate Extremes Index (CEI)

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Choose a period/season and an indicator from the options below and click "Plot" to create a time series graph. Note that the sixth indicator (Step 6) is not calculated for the spring (March-May), winter (Decemeber-February) and cold (October-March) seasons since most months during these periods are outside of the traditional hurricane season.



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Year Percent
1910 39.44%
1911 26.06%
1912 17.10%
1913 13.16%
1914 11.94%
1915 8.92%
1916 20.48%
1917 26.56%
1918 12.48%
1919 4.14%
1920 10.94%
1921 22.56%
1922 7.12%
1923 32.46%
1924 18.96%
1925 22.78%
1926 26.34%
1927 8.42%
1928 12.08%
1929 12.84%
1930 3.10%
1931 20.84%
1932 9.64%
1933 12.52%
1934 43.06%
1935 6.98%
1936 8.34%
1937 14.92%
1938 11.44%
1939 18.48%
1940 34.82%
1941 11.44%
1942 10.92%
1943 33.44%
1944 15.16%
1945 18.44%
1946 21.72%
1947 27.98%
1948 5.40%
1949 10.56%
1950 53.46%
1951 26.68%
1952 8.28%
1953 6.48%
1954 14.64%
1955 13.28%
1956 29.34%
1957 11.46%
1958 16.98%
1959 9.66%
1960 35.80%
1961 6.88%
1962 8.16%
1963 6.82%
1964 14.94%
1965 29.66%
1966 11.14%
1967 8.88%
1968 5.72%
1969 8.16%
1970 11.28%
1971 13.84%
1972 9.66%
1973 36.74%
1974 11.76%
1975 16.28%
1976 13.74%
1977 61.38%
1978 6.62%
1979 31.00%
1980 10.40%
1981 19.38%
1982 9.16%
1983 24.78%
1984 19.56%
1985 48.96%
1986 23.98%
1987 44.70%
1988 26.42%
1989 17.82%
1990 12.08%
1991 40.74%
1992 7.46%
1993 21.68%
1994 12.38%
1995 9.62%
1996 43.60%
1997 14.14%
1998 33.00%
1999 23.64%
2000 38.82%
2001 21.08%
2002 24.76%
2003 6.56%
2004 24.64%
2005 8.48%
2006 25.68%
2007 22.44%
2008 21.90%
2009 16.92%
2010 46.74%
2011 28.54%
2012 55.56%

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Limitations: Statistics for the most recent period/season are computed from a fraction of the U.S. which has data available at that time. Extreme percentage values can and will likely change as final quality controlled data become available and fill in the data gaps.