Year,Value,Gulf of Mexico,SST,May,(°F) 1940,78.192 1941,77.47 1942,79.061 1943,79.854 1944,78.632 1945,78.737 1946,79.126 1947,79.683 1948,79.989 1949,79.901 1950,78.716 1951,78.703 1952,78.221 1953,79.154 1954,78.661 1955,79.961 1956,79.343 1957,79.718 1958,78.955 1959,78.333 1960,78.131 1961,78.838 1962,78.486 1963,79.715 1964,79.18 1965,78.715 1966,78.576 1967,79.088 1968,78.924 1969,77.995 1970,78.11 1971,77.888 1972,79.531 1973,77.617 1974,78.793 1975,79.855 1976,78.376 1977,78.25 1978,78.732 1979,78.768 1980,78.966 1981,78.531 1982,78.578 1983,77.521 1984,78.024 1985,79.877 1986,78.384 1987,78.352 1988,77.142 1989,79.25 1990,79.701 1991,80.844 1992,77.494 1993,78.041 1994,80.425 1995,80.231 1996,78.849 1997,79.108 1998,78.89 1999,79.681 2000,79.634 2001,78.501 2002,79.877 2003,80.15 2004,78.348 2005,78.842 2006,79.61 2007,79.214 2008,79.376 2009,79.406 2010,79.633 2011,79.601 2012,80.473 2013,78.453 2014,78.505 2015,80.522 2016,80.453 2017,79.295 2018,79.9 2019,80.161 2020,80.39 2021,79.963 2022,80.806 2023,80.598 2024,81.467