Year,Value,Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48),Precip,Jan-Jul,(in.) 1940,19.135 1941,18.108 1942,17.645 1943,17.328 1944,19.386 1945,21.316 1946,19.186 1947,19.202 1948,19.985 1949,20.917 1950,20.72 1951,19.548 1952,17.62 1953,19.777 1954,16.833 1955,17.385 1956,16.855 1957,21.126 1958,20.529 1959,18.618 1960,18.45 1961,19.079 1962,17.798 1963,16.298 1964,18.168 1965,17.837 1966,15.504 1967,17.813 1968,17.208 1969,18.6 1970,16.581 1971,16.555 1972,17.592 1973,21.599 1974,18.335 1975,20.907 1976,17.725 1977,16.879 1978,19.672 1979,21.45 1980,19.638 1981,19.09 1982,21.958 1983,22.373 1984,19.958 1985,17.965 1986,19.379 1987,19.262 1988,16.025 1989,20.141 1990,21.183 1991,20.968 1992,19.588 1993,22.757 1994,19.435 1995,21.909 1996,19.992 1997,20.966 1998,22.328 1999,19.791 2000,18.38 2001,17.939 2002,16.792 2003,18.991 2004,19.087 2005,18.863 2006,16.607 2007,17.514 2008,18.956 2009,18.784 2010,19.712 2011,19.045 2012,16.392 2013,19.122 2014,18.149 2015,19.155 2016,18.766 2017,21.738 2018,19.817 2019,23.151 2020,19.771 2021,19.26 2022,17.769 2023,19.274 2024,21.29 2025,19.707