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 22.02%
1911 22.56%
1912 10.40%
1913 20.90%
1914 13.26%
1915 14.42%
1916 31.58%
1917 32.60%
1918 15.76%
1919 6.76%
1920 15.10%
1921 43.68%
1922 13.82%
1923 40.80%
1924 30.16%
1925 17.30%
1926 50.00%
1927 7.58%
1928 25.54%
1929 17.28%
1930 9.68%
1931 14.48%
1932 26.56%
1933 10.90%
1934 13.62%
1935 9.38%
1936 18.28%
1937 12.30%
1938 3.48%
1939 13.86%
1940 33.86%
1941 22.66%
1942 38.58%
1943 27.92%
1944 6.28%
1945 46.04%
1946 21.28%
1947 18.64%
1948 13.64%
1949 3.84%
1950 34.48%
1951 7.96%
1952 14.38%
1953 28.88%
1954 16.32%
1955 14.02%
1956 46.46%
1957 11.86%
1958 10.46%
1959 3.28%
1960 8.74%
1961 11.70%
1962 15.02%
1963 6.68%
1964 11.72%
1965 15.60%
1966 10.56%
1967 28.46%
1968 8.74%
1969 9.00%
1970 4.76%
1971 22.48%
1972 10.00%
1973 43.58%
1974 12.54%
1975 8.48%
1976 12.82%
1977 45.72%
1978 6.90%
1979 16.94%
1980 10.12%
1981 7.26%
1982 5.80%
1983 26.14%
1984 40.92%
1985 25.84%
1986 25.82%
1987 26.24%
1988 3.70%
1989 12.36%
1990 13.94%
1991 46.56%
1992 9.76%
1993 14.86%
1994 6.68%
1995 4.24%
1996 13.68%
1997 20.90%
1998 42.56%
1999 14.50%
2000 42.92%
2001 12.38%
2002 17.96%
2003 9.50%
2004 29.18%
2005 16.90%
2006 26.12%
2007 25.04%
2008 21.58%
2009 15.82%
2010 62.02%
2011 53.22%
2012 45.66%

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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.