The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Hurricane Index (CMEHI) is an index which describes the potential for damage from an Atlantic hurricane in the United States. The CMEHI is used as the basis for trading hurricane futures and options on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).[1] It is very similar to the Hurricane Severity Index, which also factors both size and intensity of a hurricane.[2]

Index calculation

The CMEHI takes as input two variables: the maximum sustained wind speed of a hurricane in miles per hour and the radius to hurricane-force winds of a hurricane in miles (i.e. how far from the center of the hurricane winds of 74 mph or greater are experienced). If the maximum sustained wind speed is denoted by V and the radius to hurricane-force winds is denoted by R then the CMEHI is calculated as follows:

where the subscript 0 denotes reference values. For use on the CME, the reference values of 74 mph and 60 miles are used for the maximum sustained wind speed and radius of hurricane-force winds respectively.

Index history and data

The development of the CMEHI was based on work published by Lakshmi Kantha at the Department of Aerospace Studies at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. Kantha's paper[3] in Eos developed a number of indices based on various characteristics of hurricanes. The ReAdvisory team at the reinsurance broker RK Carvill[4] used the basics of the Kantha paper to develop an index which became the Carvill Hurricane Index (CHI). In 2009, the scale was renamed the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Hurricane Index (CMEHI).[5]

The data for the CMEHI comes from the public advisories issued for named storms by the National Hurricane Center. Specifically, to determine the maximum sustained wind speed, the following verbiage is looked for:

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR XX MPH

To determine the radius to hurricane-force winds, the following phrase is looked for:

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO XX MILES

For example, Advisory 23A[6] for Hurricane Katrina at 1pm Central daylight time on Sunday, August 28, 2005, gave the maximum sustained wind speed of 175 mph and the radius of hurricane-force winds of 105 miles resulting in a CMEHI value of 27.9.

Data

Public advisories from the National Hurricane Center are archived back to 1998. The table below lists the CMEHI values for all the landfalling hurricanes since 1998 based on the NHC Public Advisories, and uses alternate sources for hurricanes between 1989 and 1998.

CMEHI indices of historical storms (1989 – present)
Name Year Landfall NHC advisory number Windspeed at/near landfall (operational) Radius of hurricane–force winds at/near landfall CMEHI index Ref(s)
 1  Jerry1989TexasN/A85 mph (140 km/h)25 mi (40 km)2.3[7]
 4  Hugo1989U.S. Virgin IslandsN/A140 mph (220 km/h)85 mi (135 km)14.4[8]
 3  Hugo1989Puerto RicoN/A125 mph (205 km/h)85 mi (135 km)10.9[8]
 4  Hugo1989South CarolinaN/A140 mph (220 km/h)140 mi (225 km)19.3[9]
 4  Andrew1992FloridaN/A145 mph (230 km/h)25 mi (40 km)9.9[10]
 1  Erin1995FloridaN/A85 mph (140 km/h)35 mi (55 km)2.7[11]
 2  Marilyn1995U.S. Virgin IslandsN/A110 mph (175 km/h)30 mi (50 km)4.9[12]
 3  Opal1995FloridaN/A115 mph (185 km/h)60 mi (95 km)7.4[13]
 2  Bertha1996North CarolinaN/A105 mph (165 km/h)115 mi (185 km)8.6[14]
 3  Fran1996North Carolina44115 mph (185 km/h)175 mi (280 km)14.3[15]
 1  Hortense1996Puerto RicoN/A80 mph (130 km/h)60 mi (95 km)3.0[16]
 1  Danny1997LouisianaN/A75 mph (120 km/h)20 mi (30 km)1.5[17]
 2  Bonnie1998North Carolina33100 mph (155 km/h)115 mi (185 km)7.7[18]
 1  Earl1998Florida11A80 mph (130 km/h)115 mi (185 km)4.6[19]
 3  Georges1998Puerto Rico26B115 mph (185 km/h)85 mi (135 km)8.9[20]
 2  Georges1998Mississippi52105 mph (165 km/h)45 mi (70 km)5.1[21]
 3  Bret1999Texas17A125 mph (205 km/h)40 mi (65 km)7.7[22]
 2  Floyd1999North Carolina34A110 mph (175 km/h)115 mi (185 km)9.6[23]
 1  Irene1999Florida1075 mph (120 km/h)45 mi (70 km)2.1[24]
 1  Lili2002Louisiana4990 mph (150 km/h)70 mi (115 km)4.4[25]
 1  Claudette2003Texas28A80 mph (130 km/h)30 mi (50 km)2.1[26]
 2  Isabel2003North Carolina49A100 mph (155 km/h)115 mi (185 km)7.7[27]
 4  Charley2004Florida18145 mph (230 km/h)30 mi (50 km)10.4[28]
 2  Frances2004Florida44A105 mph (165 km/h)75 mi (120 km)6.6[29]
 4  Ivan2004Alabama55B130 mph (215 km/h)105 mi (170 km)13.5[30]
 3  Jeanne2004Florida49B115 mph (185 km/h)70 mi (115 km)8.0[31]
 3  Dennis2005Florida25B120 mph (195 km/h)40 mi (65 km)6.9[32]
 1  Katrina2005Florida975 mph (120 km/h)15 mi (25 km)1.4[33]
 4  Katrina2005Louisiana26A145 mph (230 km/h)120 mi (195 km)19.0[34]
 3  Rita2005Texas26B120 mph (195 km/h)85 mi (135 km)9.9[35]
 3  Wilma2005Florida36125 mph (205 km/h)90 mi (145 km)11.2[36]
 1  Humberto2007Texas480 mph (130 km/h)15 mi (25 km)1.7[37]
 2  Dolly2008Texas13A100 mph (155 km/h)25 mi (40 km)3.6[38]
 2  Gustav2008Louisiana31B110 mph (175 km/h)70 mi (115 km)7.2[39]
 2  Ike2008Texas48B110 mph (175 km/h)120 mi (195 km)9.9[40]
 1  Irene2011Puerto Rico775 mph (120 km/h)15 mi (25 km)1.4[41]
 1  Irene2011North Carolina28A85 mph (140 km/h)90 mi (145 km)4.5[42]
 1  Isaac2012Louisiana3380 mph (130 km/h)60 mi (95 km)3.0[43]
 2  Arthur2014North Carolina13100 mph (155 km/h)40 mi (65 km)4.3[44]
 1  Hermine2016Florida19A80 mph (130 km/h)45 mi (70 km)2.6[45]
 1  Matthew2016South Carolina4275 mph (120 km/h)25 mi (40 km)1.6[46]
 4  Harvey2017Texas23130 mph (215 km/h)40 mi (65 km)8.5[47]
 4  Irma2017Florida45A130 mph (215 km/h)80 mi (130 km)11.6[48]
 4  Maria2017Puerto Rico17155 mph (250 km/h)60 mi (95 km)15.8[49]
 1  Nate2017Louisiana14A85 mph (140 km/h)40 mi (65 km)2.8[50]
 1  Florence2018North Carolina6180 mph (130 km/h)70 mi (115 km)3.3[51]
 4  Michael2018Florida16A155 mph (250 km/h)45 mi (70 km)14.1[52]
 1  Barry2019Louisiana1375 mph (120 km/h)45 mi (70 km)2.1[53]
 1  Dorian2019North Carolina52A90 mph (150 km/h)45 mi (70 km)3.5[54]
 1  Hanna2020Texas1290 mph (150 km/h)30 mi (50 km)2.9[55]
 1  Isaias2020North Carolina2885 mph (140 km/h)25 mi (40 km)2.3[56]
 4  Laura2020Louisiana29A150 mph (240 km/h)60 mi (95 km)14.5[57]
 2  Sally2020Alabama21105 mph (165 km/h)40 mi (65 km)4.9[58]
 2  Delta2020LouisianaUpdate100 mph (155 km/h)40 mi (65 km)4.3[59]
 2  Zeta2020Louisiana17110 mph (175 km/h)35 mi (55 km)5.2[60]
 4  Ida2021Louisiana14150 mph (240 km/h)50 mi (80 km)13.5[61]
 1  Nicholas2021Texas8A75 mph (120 km/h)25 mi (40 km)1.6[62]
 1  Fiona2022Puerto Rico17A85 mph (140 km/h)30 mi (50 km)2.5[63]
 4  Ian2022Florida24A155 mph (250 km/h)45 mi (70 km)14.1[64]
 1  Ian2022South Carolina3385 mph (140 km/h)70 mi (115 km)3.8[65]
 4  Idalia2023Florida15130 mph (215 km/h)25 mi (40 km)7.4[66]

Prior to 1998, the data becomes sparse. However, using data from the HURSAT[67] database at NOAA it is possible to construct a set of CMEHI values for storms back to 1983.

Modeled data is available from a number of sources:

Notes

  1. "CME Hurricane Index Futures and Options" (PDF). CME Group. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  2. Chris Hebert (ImpactWeather Inc.), B. Weinzapfel, and M. Chambers (1 May 2008). "The Hurricane Severity Index – A destructive potential rating system for tropical cyclones". 28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. American Meteorological Society. Archived from the original on 14 March 2009. Retrieved 2022-10-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. L. Kantha, "Time to Replace the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale?", Eos, Vol. 87, No. 1, 3 January 2006
  4. RK Carvill website
  5. "CME Group Acquires & Renames Hurricane Index; Selects New Calculation Agent - CME Investor Relations". investor.cmegroup.com. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  6. Katrina Advisory 23A
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  67. Hurricane Satellite
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