Year,Value,Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48),Clouds,Apr,(%) 1940,59.982 1941,62.638 1942,60.473 1943,56.13 1944,60.425 1945,55.362 1946,47.559 1947,57.041 1948,53.741 1949,52.464 1950,53.313 1951,52.924 1952,49.283 1953,54.261 1954,53.558 1955,51.058 1956,53.207 1957,60.347 1958,56.836 1959,53.545 1960,51.802 1961,50.746 1962,47.443 1963,55.458 1964,52.468 1965,57.954 1966,54.311 1967,54.709 1968,49.217 1969,48.903 1970,52.598 1971,45.857 1972,50.847 1973,53.988 1974,51.465 1975,55.942 1976,51.065 1977,47.686 1978,55.587 1979,55.541 1980,50.156 1981,54.805 1982,53.354 1983,55.807 1984,53.003 1985,48.167 1986,52.759 1987,45.611 1988,51.244 1989,52.006 1990,55.47 1991,57.081 1992,56.222 1993,59.05 1994,54.773 1995,56.857 1996,53.343 1997,56.334 1998,48.857 1999,55.288 2000,48.928 2001,53.499 2002,53.906 2003,52.76 2004,51.403 2005,49.214 2006,49.303 2007,52.622 2008,46.467 2009,51.708 2010,52.262 2011,54.135 2012,50.189 2013,53.672 2014,55.975 2015,53.907 2016,52.813 2017,59.722 2018,53.653 2019,59.643 2020,50.317 2021,48.349 2022,51.596 2023,50.546 2024,49.467 2025,51.564