Year,Value,Gulf of Mexico,SST,Aug,(°C) 1940,29.562 1941,29.935 1942,29.632 1943,29.918 1944,29.642 1945,28.786 1946,29.721 1947,28.712 1948,29.537 1949,29.208 1950,28.971 1951,29.878 1952,29.665 1953,29.299 1954,29.381 1955,29.275 1956,29.44 1957,29.598 1958,29.918 1959,29.286 1960,29.343 1961,29.171 1962,29.924 1963,29.618 1964,29.793 1965,29.104 1966,29.49 1967,29.219 1968,29.545 1969,29.548 1970,29.37 1971,29.135 1972,29.008 1973,29.118 1974,29.172 1975,28.937 1976,29.17 1977,29.205 1978,29.379 1979,29.74 1980,29.446 1981,29.593 1982,29.395 1983,29.71 1984,28.657 1985,29.408 1986,29.0 1987,29.432 1988,29.366 1989,29.304 1990,29.859 1991,29.552 1992,29.4 1993,29.744 1994,29.02 1995,29.769 1996,29.185 1997,29.987 1998,30.07 1999,29.821 2000,29.439 2001,29.475 2002,29.658 2003,29.676 2004,29.836 2005,30.019 2006,29.81 2007,29.737 2008,29.443 2009,30.033 2010,30.133 2011,30.176 2012,29.776 2013,29.675 2014,30.164 2015,30.145 2016,30.091 2017,29.913 2018,29.753 2019,30.024 2020,30.008 2021,29.974 2022,29.891 2023,30.817 2024,30.666