Year,Value,Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48),Precip,May-Jun,(in.) 1940,5.319 1941,6.12 1942,6.362 1943,6.276 1944,5.873 1945,6.612 1946,6.744 1947,7.159 1948,5.948 1949,6.229 1950,5.676 1951,5.982 1952,4.752 1953,5.858 1954,5.077 1955,5.351 1956,4.624 1957,7.685 1958,5.406 1959,5.801 1960,5.604 1961,5.655 1962,5.473 1963,5.167 1964,4.913 1965,5.458 1966,3.991 1967,6.27 1968,6.047 1969,5.511 1970,4.878 1971,4.915 1972,5.83 1973,6.005 1974,5.726 1975,6.246 1976,5.785 1977,5.255 1978,6.258 1979,5.91 1980,6.0 1981,7.232 1982,7.323 1983,6.939 1984,6.405 1985,5.55 1986,6.463 1987,6.301 1988,4.256 1989,7.499 1990,6.568 1991,6.686 1992,6.048 1993,7.003 1994,5.683 1995,7.693 1996,6.462 1997,6.572 1998,6.403 1999,6.29 2000,6.255 2001,5.787 2002,5.376 2003,6.819 2004,6.633 2005,5.869 2006,4.619 2007,5.428 2008,5.935 2009,6.388 2010,6.551 2011,6.021 2012,4.492 2013,6.349 2014,6.107 2015,7.276 2016,5.396 2017,6.503 2018,6.123 2019,7.912 2020,5.728 2021,6.181 2022,5.664 2023,5.439 2024,6.393 2025,6.988