Year,Value,Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48),Precip,Sep,(in.) 1940,1.689 1941,2.638 1942,2.225 1943,1.621 1944,2.318 1945,3.274 1946,2.444 1947,2.064 1948,1.804 1949,2.061 1950,2.614 1951,2.519 1952,1.396 1953,1.399 1954,1.777 1955,2.02 1956,1.348 1957,2.932 1958,2.801 1959,2.906 1960,2.165 1961,2.886 1962,2.534 1963,2.235 1964,2.47 1965,3.339 1966,2.26 1967,2.374 1968,2.244 1969,2.085 1970,2.748 1971,2.626 1972,2.702 1973,3.404 1974,2.533 1975,2.456 1976,2.433 1977,3.306 1978,2.513 1979,2.333 1980,2.799 1981,2.229 1982,2.795 1983,2.429 1984,2.194 1985,3.339 1986,3.943 1987,2.4 1988,3.097 1989,2.871 1990,2.116 1991,2.59 1992,2.328 1993,2.682 1994,2.113 1995,2.353 1996,3.458 1997,2.551 1998,2.366 1999,2.432 2000,2.114 2001,2.328 2002,2.657 2003,2.711 2004,2.908 2005,1.755 2006,2.721 2007,2.052 2008,2.625 2009,2.553 2010,2.696 2011,2.398 2012,2.201 2013,2.81 2014,2.483 2015,2.041 2016,2.679 2017,2.413 2018,3.605 2019,2.452 2020,2.485 2021,2.425 2022,1.877 2023,2.104 2024,2.429 2025,1.889