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 15.46%
1911 18.52%
1912 28.28%
1913 20.22%
1914 12.36%
1915 54.66%
1916 28.84%
1917 28.86%
1918 9.52%
1919 36.80%
1920 9.82%
1921 15.04%
1922 12.54%
1923 15.90%
1924 29.16%
1925 9.62%
1926 11.44%
1927 32.64%
1928 37.94%
1929 11.80%
1930 13.10%
1931 36.94%
1932 10.06%
1933 33.46%
1934 32.38%
1935 11.24%
1936 58.56%
1937 26.36%
1938 10.86%
1939 12.32%
1940 24.42%
1941 16.36%
1942 14.84%
1943 11.54%
1944 30.60%
1945 22.42%
1946 6.06%
1947 12.00%
1948 10.18%
1949 8.14%
1950 30.38%
1951 40.84%
1952 9.32%
1953 15.56%
1954 12.44%
1955 8.60%
1956 13.04%
1957 6.66%
1958 16.60%
1959 12.78%
1960 9.76%
1961 35.90%
1962 15.76%
1963 11.80%
1964 10.32%
1965 14.10%
1966 6.98%
1967 20.62%
1968 12.76%
1969 11.00%
1970 23.92%
1971 4.78%
1972 6.44%
1973 11.36%
1974 8.98%
1975 11.98%
1976 18.82%
1977 9.62%
1978 12.32%
1979 6.94%
1980 14.98%
1981 13.30%
1982 11.82%
1983 22.54%
1984 14.96%
1985 12.02%
1986 7.58%
1987 6.84%
1988 55.54%
1989 17.26%
1990 8.00%
1991 16.60%
1992 36.80%
1993 61.16%
1994 13.36%
1995 20.60%
1996 13.44%
1997 13.92%
1998 16.24%
1999 15.78%
2000 17.06%
2001 27.64%
2002 23.70%
2003 23.78%
2004 27.94%
2005 12.42%
2006 33.02%
2007 42.82%
2008 13.72%
2009 32.86%
2010 25.28%
2011 30.10%
2012 37.88%

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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.