Year,Value,Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48),Precip,Jan,(in.) 1940,4.551 1941,14.134 1942,1.059 1943,10.674 1944,17.228 1945,3.157 1946,22.703 1947,21.727 1948,5.321 1949,61.355 1950,43.793 1951,14.115 1952,22.794 1953,16.332 1954,19.937 1955,9.936 1956,14.028 1957,16.819 1958,14.248 1959,13.476 1960,18.034 1961,3.91 1962,10.039 1963,7.359 1964,12.037 1965,19.241 1966,9.434 1967,19.732 1968,9.149 1969,41.389 1970,15.475 1971,13.027 1972,11.588 1973,19.73 1974,24.066 1975,19.401 1976,6.433 1977,7.649 1978,35.36 1979,42.122 1980,39.84 1981,3.299 1982,36.987 1983,15.758 1984,4.125 1985,11.455 1986,3.863 1987,16.414 1988,9.465 1989,15.005 1990,16.44 1991,15.044 1992,16.643 1993,37.877 1994,13.93 1995,24.565 1996,33.124 1997,27.156 1998,28.704 1999,35.374 2000,4.804 2001,17.068 2002,2.821 2003,0.998 2004,8.803 2005,37.395 2006,12.221 2007,12.151 2008,14.2 2009,2.678 2010,24.765 2011,10.44 2012,3.738 2013,15.154 2014,1.694 2015,10.469 2016,7.248 2017,42.043 2018,2.572 2019,11.244 2020,21.587 2021,7.933 2022,2.254 2023,32.931 2024,37.466 2025,1.773