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 60.14%
1911 20.38%
1912 34.74%
1913 19.32%
1914 17.44%
1915 23.34%
1916 22.20%
1917 52.64%
1918 9.32%
1919 9.86%
1920 30.18%
1921 8.62%
1922 12.24%
1923 14.64%
1924 26.40%
1925 18.60%
1926 15.30%
1927 16.38%
1928 19.78%
1929 13.84%
1930 7.88%
1931 9.60%
1932 7.14%
1933 6.40%
1934 55.86%
1935 32.64%
1936 13.72%
1937 16.56%
1938 14.96%
1939 19.56%
1940 16.80%
1941 18.56%
1942 12.02%
1943 14.76%
1944 14.48%
1945 11.06%
1946 24.60%
1947 11.68%
1948 9.90%
1949 9.42%
1950 30.28%
1951 30.00%
1952 14.32%
1953 8.82%
1954 14.90%
1955 33.20%
1956 12.24%
1957 13.66%
1958 10.66%
1959 7.52%
1960 16.10%
1961 15.40%
1962 9.78%
1963 6.12%
1964 14.42%
1965 34.70%
1966 10.48%
1967 11.60%
1968 2.50%
1969 10.12%
1970 17.82%
1971 7.16%
1972 9.48%
1973 15.78%
1974 9.02%
1975 32.82%
1976 9.98%
1977 30.48%
1978 9.34%
1979 12.12%
1980 17.96%
1981 32.46%
1982 10.32%
1983 21.60%
1984 14.54%
1985 29.64%
1986 23.68%
1987 41.48%
1988 26.14%
1989 17.24%
1990 15.10%
1991 19.90%
1992 35.12%
1993 12.32%
1994 35.38%
1995 29.40%
1996 34.24%
1997 14.46%
1998 11.90%
1999 18.16%
2000 23.90%
2001 21.06%
2002 33.54%
2003 9.48%
2004 35.36%
2005 10.28%
2006 12.66%
2007 39.90%
2008 16.00%
2009 14.24%
2010 24.86%
2011 41.56%
2012 40.40%

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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.