Year,Value,Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48),Precip,Jul,(in.) 1940,2.37 1941,2.81 1942,2.111 1943,2.051 1944,2.089 1945,3.037 1946,2.258 1947,1.928 1948,2.585 1949,2.816 1950,3.403 1951,2.519 1952,1.975 1953,2.357 1954,1.715 1955,2.445 1956,2.331 1957,1.995 1958,3.485 1959,2.606 1960,2.382 1961,2.599 1962,2.518 1963,2.285 1964,2.215 1965,2.193 1966,1.768 1967,2.426 1968,2.155 1969,2.525 1970,1.89 1971,2.438 1972,2.657 1973,2.77 1974,1.927 1975,2.529 1976,2.481 1977,2.436 1978,2.652 1979,3.072 1980,2.015 1981,3.028 1982,3.044 1983,2.118 1984,2.79 1985,2.938 1986,2.844 1987,2.733 1988,2.693 1989,2.822 1990,2.959 1991,2.626 1992,3.637 1993,3.261 1994,3.088 1995,2.633 1996,3.043 1997,2.649 1998,2.515 1999,2.255 2000,2.178 2001,2.476 2002,2.38 2003,2.349 2004,2.762 2005,2.395 2006,2.146 2007,2.514 2008,2.475 2009,2.763 2010,2.926 2011,2.075 2012,2.131 2013,2.853 2014,2.158 2015,2.69 2016,2.493 2017,2.437 2018,2.625 2019,2.485 2020,2.454 2021,3.155 2022,2.538 2023,2.396 2024,2.802 2025,2.813