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 (December-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 38.04%
1911 18.72%
1912 30.78%
1913 21.02%
1914 10.46%
1915 10.70%
1916 33.32%
1917 20.78%
1918 10.94%
1919 34.48%
1920 5.52%
1921 5.76%
1922 29.30%
1923 12.42%
1924 27.66%
1925 14.54%
1926 35.70%
1927 11.62%
1928 4.56%
1929 6.52%
1930 16.02%
1931 28.04%
1932 9.16%
1933 15.52%
1934 26.66%
1935 13.90%
1936 15.08%
1937 13.30%
1938 14.02%
1939 12.40%
1940 25.28%
1941 22.52%
1942 8.62%
1943 18.94%
1944 18.52%
1945 12.44%
1946 6.28%
1947 19.38%
1948 23.16%
1949 16.02%
1950 8.18%
1951 26.96%
1952 2.44%
1953 22.76%
1954 44.38%
1955 12.36%
1956 10.74%
1957 12.94%
1958 36.16%
1959 3.16%
1960 13.20%
1961 33.42%
1962 12.76%
1963 16.72%
1964 27.70%
1965 12.62%
1966 11.44%
1967 44.08%
1968 10.50%
1969 8.10%
1970 17.14%
1971 9.44%
1972 11.42%
1973 11.00%
1974 8.68%
1975 13.84%
1976 30.88%
1977 29.48%
1978 14.22%
1979 4.12%
1980 26.62%
1981 4.92%
1982 17.08%
1983 42.88%
1984 29.38%
1985 16.64%
1986 6.32%
1987 6.86%
1988 16.64%
1989 2.92%
1990 23.22%
1991 10.24%
1992 42.26%
1993 53.42%
1994 14.10%
1995 23.34%
1996 19.10%
1997 18.92%
1998 30.32%
1999 8.58%
2000 12.46%
2001 15.12%
2002 18.62%
2003 45.38%
2004 30.30%
2005 10.72%
2006 20.08%
2007 27.04%
2008 6.60%
2009 21.84%
2010 21.28%
2011 16.30%
2012 16.42%

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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.