First we estimate the uncertainty of
a monthly mean sunspot number reconstructed from a single daily observation.
Since then, solar activity has steadily declined (
monthly mean sunspot number now around 40), but remained above 70 over many months, probably indicating that the annual mean for 2014 will also mark a yearly maximum at 78.9.
We now also separate in distinct files
the monthly mean sunspot number from the 13 - month smoothed sunspot number, which is considered as a secondary data set.
Not exact matches
Yearly
mean sunspot number (black) up to 1749 and
monthly 13 - month smoothed
sunspot number (blue) from 1749 up to the present.