What will be the Sunspot Number (Average Jan-Dec) for 2012 ?

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What will be the Sunspot Number (Average Jan-Dec) for 2012 ?

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What will be the Sunspot Number (Average Jan-Dec) for 2012 ?

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Josef Biesenberger in Science » Environment
Settled on 01/04/2013 19:29 by

Josef Biesenberger
settled question on option 'less than 95 sunspots'.

2012 58,3 33,1 64,2 55,2 69 64,5 66,5 63,1 61,5 53,3 61,4 40,8
Average: 57,57 Sunspots
http://www.ips.gov.au/Solar/1/6

less than 95 sunspots

89.4% →

95 to less than 100 sunspots

7.5% →

100 to less than 105 sunspots

1.0% →

105 to less than 110 sunspots

1.0% →

110 sunspots or more

1.0% →

Background

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Update: Prediction method has been slightly revised Feb-16-2012.

original text:
Solar Cycle Prediction
The current prediction for Sunspot Cycle 24 gives a smoothed sunspot number maximum of about 99 in February of 2013. We are currently about three years into Cycle 24. Increased activity in the last few months has raised the predicted maximum and moved it earlier in 2013. The current predicted size still make this the smallest sunspot cycle in over 80 years.

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