Monthly and Annual Means of the 1st Principal Component of the position of the North Wall of the Gulf Stream 1966-2000. NOTE: Month to month variability in the data is high because of Gulf Stream meandering. It is therefore advisable to use either annual mean values or averages over several months.When using this data please cite:

Taylor, A.H. and J.A. Stephens, 1980. Latitudinal displacements of the Gulf Stream (1966 to1977) and their relation to changes in temperature and zooplankton abundance in the NE Atlantic. Oceanologica Acta, 3(2), 145-149.

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
1966 0.896 -1.462 -0.343 -1.151 -0.542 0.912 3.342 1.270 4.742 -0.101 0.676 0.962 0.767
1967 -0.875 -0.465 -1.514 -1.013 -1.002 -0.696 2.255 -0.476 -0.301 -0.921 2.653 -0.991 -0.279
1968 -0.970 1.487 -0.249 -2.116 2.287 0.274 -1.768 -1.079 0.661 1.271 2.440 3.341 0.465
1969 0.949 0.558 1.362 -0.854 0.281 -1.070 -0.978 -2.431 -2.945 -0.210 -2.372 0.055 -0.638
1970 -2.086 -2.731 -1.785 -0.075 0.084 1.879 -0.332 -2.377 -2.296 -1.176 -1.130 -0.320 -1.029
1971 -0.967 -1.559 -1.776 -2.432 -1.336 0.065 -5.278 -3.129 -1.807 -1.760 -1.952 -0.709 -1.887
1972 -0.073 -1.324 -0.188 -2.144 -2.148 -2.636 0.234 -1.865 -2.193 -2.931 -0.015 0.046 -1.270
1973 -2.286 -1.304 -1.329 -0.624 -3.465 -2.004 -2.085 -0.381 -0.165 -0.590 0.200 -0.184 -1.185
1974 0.897 -3.042 -1.252 0.235 -0.013 -0.782 -1.468 -1.259 0.551 -0.206 -0.983 -0.062 -0.615
1975 0.292 -0.862 1.047 1.285 -1.308 -1.106 1.799 3.383 -0.277 -0.842 -2.438 0.258 0.103
1976 -0.229 -2.192 -4.549 -0.668 -0.136 0.436 -0.695 -0.891 -1.286 1.016 0.121 0.895 -0.682
1977 2.184 -0.445 1.843 1.013 -2.389 0.638 -0.850 -0.892 -0.025 -0.327 -0.783 0.259 0.019
1978 0.000 -2.617 0.757 0.298 -2.716 -3.043 0.142 -1.463 -0.336 -0.152 -0.668 -1.222 -0.918
1979 -3.590 -2.672 -2.767 -1.572 -1.419 0.518 -0.419 -1.958 -0.197 -2.050 -2.052 -0.218 -1.533
1980 -0.803 1.092 1.560 -1.375 -0.340 -1.992 1.152 -2.684 0.865 2.101 -0.369 -1.684 -0.206
1981 -2.039 0.485 -1.076 -2.782 -0.201 -0.802 0.290 -0.378 -0.041 2.708 -1.406 -1.458 -0.558
1982 0.703 -1.811 -1.144 -2.762 -1.328 -1.347 -1.788 -0.400 -2.575 0.088 0.470 -1.357 -1.104
1983 -0.570 -1.512 0.402 -0.634 -1.470 -1.110 -0.887 3.623 1.051 -0.431 0.753 1.252 0.039
1984 0.898 1.131 0.818 0.737 -0.539 -1.243 -2.473 3.254 -0.251 1.667 1.965 1.880 0.654
1985 1.550 0.652 -0.282 1.790 3.337 1.329 1.155 0.765 1.550 4.679 0.424 0.250 1.433
1986 2.859 -1.318 -1.646 -0.864 -1.012 0.553 -0.088 -1.818 -0.683 1.328 1.444 0.144 -0.092
1987 -2.411 -1.038 -2.754 -1.841 -0.586 -0.295 0.427 0.950 1.636 0.934 0.238 -0.707 -0.454
1988 -1.363 1.697 0.226 -0.237 -0.914 -1.172 0.442 -0.216 2.129 0.645 0.411 0.014 0.139
1989 -1.071 0.251 0.659 1.191 1.358 0.732 -0.235 -1.613 -0.011 0.681 1.462 2.449 0.488
1990 2.017 1.483 0.457 0.845 0.559 -1.193 -0.203 1.201 1.063 0.900 1.306 0.879 0.776
1991 0.316 0.228 -0.274 0.399 1.696 2.327 1.669 1.875 2.962 2.421 0.971 1.590 1.348
1992 2.217 0.889 1.497 0.681 1.099 0.144 0.631 0.685 1.087 0.644 0.844 3.362 1.148
1993 -0.555 1.190 -2.475 0.121 1.235 1.200 0.043 1.622 2.090 2.000 2.529 1.367 0.864
1994 2.646 2.284 2.038 1.188 0.775 2.387 1.366 0.915 0.212 0.283 -0.824 4.884 1.513
1995 5.060 3.081 1.731 0.959 0.835 2.575 1.765 3.091 2.705 2.693 2.389 -0.071 2.234
1996 2.590 0.514 2.058 -0.363 -1.003 -1.098 -0.398 -1.065 0.746 0.130 -0.791 -1.967 -0.054
1997 -0.311 -0.411 -1.452 -0.317 0.789 -0.482 0.981 -0.501 -0.659 -0.435 -1.170 0.448 -0.293
1998 1.099 0.148 0.312 -3.469 -2.384 -0.730 -1.016 -0.849 0.749 0.457 -2.050 -0.064 -0.650
1999 -0.231 -0.364 -0.748 -0.661 0.905 0.484 -1.887 -0.538 -0.769 2.094 0.654 0.561 -0.042
2000 0.026 1.380 2.364 -0.031 0.319 0.889 1.286 0.881 2.375 3.012 3.102 2.392 1.500