TABLE 1: SOLAR CYCLES('SOL-YEARS') AND PHASES OF SOLAR CYCLONE STRIKE INDEX

'SOL-YEARS'

CYCLE/	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
PHASE
1	1878S	1889	1901	1913	1923M	1933	1944	1954	1964	1976M	1986M
2	1879	1890	1902M	1914M	1924	1934	1945	1955	1965M	1977M	1987M
3	1880M	1891S	1903	1915	1925S	1935	1946	1956	1966M	1978	1988
4	1881	1892	1904	1916	1926S	1936	1947*	1957*S	1967	1979*	1989*
5	1882	1893	1905	1917*S	1927	1937*	1948	1958S	1968	1980	1990
6	1883*	1894*	1906	1918	1928*	1938	1949	1959	1969*	1981	1991M
7	1884S	1895	1907*M	1919	1929	1939M	1950	1960	1970	1982S	1992M
8	1885	1896M	1908	1920	1930	1940S	1951	1961	1971	1983S	1993
9	1886	1897M	1909	1921	1931	1941S	1952	1962	1972S	1984	1994
10	1887	1898	1910	1922	1932S	1942	1953M	1963	1973S	1985	1995
11	1888	1899S	1911S			1943M			1974
12		1900S	1912S						1975

* indicates the sunspot maximum
S or M indicates the severe and moderate El Nino's
Average "sol-year" 11.1 earth years.
Cycles start with the year of the sunspot mimimum which marks beginning of the "sol-year". Phase 1 is
made up of all the years in which the sunspot minimum occurred. Phase 2 is made up of all the
years 1 year after the sunspot minimum etc.

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