Year,Value,Gulf of America,SST,May,(°F) 1940,76.651 1941,76.108 1942,78.084 1943,79.447 1944,77.788 1945,77.91 1946,77.574 1947,78.927 1948,79.231 1949,79.187 1950,78.057 1951,77.686 1952,76.665 1953,78.475 1954,77.386 1955,79.198 1956,78.081 1957,78.346 1958,77.246 1959,77.498 1960,77.105 1961,77.263 1962,77.675 1963,79.001 1964,77.844 1965,78.035 1966,77.34 1967,77.963 1968,77.49 1969,76.734 1970,77.144 1971,76.923 1972,78.821 1973,76.469 1974,77.934 1975,79.311 1976,77.327 1977,77.2 1978,77.458 1979,77.509 1980,77.859 1981,76.905 1982,77.359 1983,75.958 1984,76.853 1985,78.791 1986,77.243 1987,77.981 1988,75.633 1989,78.135 1990,78.298 1991,79.95 1992,76.076 1993,76.748 1994,79.254 1995,79.169 1996,77.854 1997,77.666 1998,77.698 1999,78.416 2000,78.833 2001,77.305 2002,79.231 2003,79.355 2004,77.271 2005,77.727 2006,78.617 2007,78.051 2008,78.175 2009,78.357 2010,78.841 2011,78.564 2012,79.693 2013,77.045 2014,77.265 2015,79.751 2016,79.157 2017,77.977 2018,78.895 2019,79.188 2020,78.744 2021,78.399 2022,80.181 2023,79.305 2024,80.359