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Table 1.

Sunspot cycle lengths (in years) and dates (fractional years, and year and month) of (starting) sunspot minima for SSN1 (NGDC 2013).

Sunspot cycle SSN1 fractional Year and month Cycle length
number year of minimum of SSN1 min (years)
1 1755.2 1775 March 11.3
2 1766.5 1766 June 9.0
3 1775.5 1775 June 9.2
4 1784.7 1784 September 13.7
5 1798.4 1798 May 12.2
6 1810.6 1810 August 12.7
7 1823.3 1823 April 10.6
8 1833.9 1833 November 9.6
9 1843.5 1843 July 12.5
10 1856.0 1855 December 11.2
11 1867.2 1867 March 11.8
12 1879.0 1878 December 10.6
13 1889.6 1889 August 12.1
14 1901.7 1901 September 11.8
15 1913.5 1913 July 10.1
16 1923.6 1923 August 10.1
17 1933.7 1933 September 10.4
18 1944.1 1944 February 10.2
19 1954.3 1954 April 10.5
20 1964.8 1964 October 11.7
21 1976.5 1976 June 10.2
22 1986.7 1986 September 10.1
23 1996.8 1996 October 12.2
24 2009.0 2008 December

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