Year,Value,Gulf of America,SST,Apr,(°F) 1940,72.744 1941,71.731 1942,71.973 1943,73.536 1944,73.746 1945,74.6 1946,74.52 1947,73.902 1948,74.839 1949,74.509 1950,72.199 1951,71.662 1952,72.579 1953,73.567 1954,74.754 1955,73.807 1956,73.022 1957,73.757 1958,71.016 1959,72.476 1960,71.61 1961,71.605 1962,72.111 1963,74.308 1964,72.396 1965,74.239 1966,71.758 1967,74.435 1968,72.218 1969,71.837 1970,71.968 1971,72.243 1972,75.158 1973,71.256 1974,74.059 1975,73.684 1976,73.564 1977,73.22 1978,71.522 1979,72.684 1980,72.812 1981,73.399 1982,73.941 1983,70.265 1984,71.938 1985,73.717 1986,72.126 1987,71.038 1988,72.034 1989,73.901 1990,73.19 1991,75.035 1992,72.636 1993,71.36 1994,73.771 1995,73.911 1996,71.077 1997,72.78 1998,72.307 1999,74.411 2000,74.26 2001,73.784 2002,75.764 2003,72.612 2004,73.198 2005,72.914 2006,74.952 2007,73.768 2008,74.04 2009,72.905 2010,71.384 2011,75.221 2012,75.957 2013,73.145 2014,72.998 2015,76.217 2016,74.47 2017,74.968 2018,74.125 2019,73.701 2020,76.47 2021,74.185 2022,74.782 2023,75.604 2024,74.457 2025,75.525