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 44.74%
1911 15.90%
1912 33.44%
1913 18.46%
1914 18.06%
1915 26.40%
1916 20.30%
1917 49.92%
1918 12.46%
1919 11.16%
1920 32.76%
1921 8.96%
1922 26.94%
1923 12.60%
1924 18.30%
1925 21.26%
1926 24.08%
1927 11.14%
1928 10.02%
1929 13.32%
1930 3.24%
1931 7.32%
1932 11.56%
1933 28.16%
1934 51.90%
1935 15.04%
1936 19.10%
1937 8.74%
1938 9.26%
1939 7.22%
1940 15.34%
1941 36.80%
1942 26.64%
1943 12.08%
1944 16.96%
1945 10.04%
1946 6.00%
1947 15.46%
1948 13.26%
1949 1.30%
1950 13.02%
1951 9.90%
1952 10.34%
1953 10.00%
1954 14.16%
1955 23.04%
1956 20.08%
1957 25.96%
1958 17.64%
1959 10.16%
1960 5.38%
1961 7.36%
1962 3.36%
1963 9.32%
1964 23.00%
1965 20.86%
1966 20.62%
1967 9.78%
1968 6.02%
1969 5.92%
1970 13.10%
1971 14.02%
1972 34.56%
1973 36.84%
1974 16.10%
1975 33.48%
1976 0.30%
1977 11.74%
1978 12.08%
1979 12.48%
1980 18.06%
1981 9.70%
1982 4.12%
1983 35.24%
1984 14.22%
1985 21.98%
1986 14.82%
1987 14.44%
1988 9.84%
1989 44.22%
1990 17.72%
1991 15.26%
1992 42.20%
1993 13.90%
1994 15.90%
1995 13.08%
1996 30.94%
1997 12.24%
1998 12.00%
1999 8.58%
2000 43.40%
2001 18.94%
2002 36.30%
2003 15.90%
2004 43.40%
2005 18.84%
2006 22.64%
2007 28.54%
2008 17.06%
2009 16.02%
2010 10.56%
2011 22.04%
2012 47.60%

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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.