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 15.78%
1911 14.98%
1912 18.40%
1913 16.98%
1914 22.50%
1915 45.78%
1916 7.98%
1917 29.20%
1918 36.58%
1919 25.42%
1920 29.36%
1921 12.02%
1922 6.90%
1923 13.24%
1924 13.60%
1925 27.72%
1926 7.26%
1927 21.46%
1928 21.62%
1929 6.32%
1930 19.06%
1931 15.42%
1932 10.36%
1933 13.40%
1934 50.88%
1935 9.06%
1936 50.02%
1937 12.32%
1938 7.92%
1939 7.20%
1940 22.60%
1941 28.82%
1942 16.02%
1943 27.66%
1944 5.72%
1945 21.74%
1946 16.62%
1947 9.84%
1948 10.58%
1949 11.54%
1950 31.78%
1951 23.32%
1952 32.30%
1953 23.34%
1954 48.86%
1955 13.50%
1956 31.36%
1957 11.76%
1958 12.12%
1959 8.02%
1960 9.80%
1961 34.32%
1962 4.66%
1963 16.54%
1964 9.92%
1965 7.60%
1966 7.86%
1967 28.22%
1968 12.44%
1969 4.12%
1970 6.22%
1971 8.90%
1972 11.92%
1973 21.24%
1974 21.02%
1975 26.70%
1976 28.42%
1977 5.52%
1978 10.42%
1979 18.96%
1980 49.72%
1981 13.86%
1982 6.98%
1983 11.86%
1984 9.62%
1985 13.84%
1986 6.90%
1987 15.30%
1988 7.04%
1989 35.74%
1990 6.54%
1991 13.62%
1992 49.44%
1993 20.62%
1994 9.80%
1995 11.14%
1996 14.40%
1997 14.86%
1998 31.34%
1999 15.36%
2000 19.74%
2001 22.06%
2002 16.52%
2003 12.14%
2004 33.06%
2005 13.30%
2006 23.50%
2007 39.84%
2008 13.28%
2009 20.10%
2010 33.14%
2011 66.38%
2012 31.08%

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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.