Year,Value,Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48),Precip,Sep-Nov,(cm) 1940,15.653 1941,18.768 1942,15.398 1943,12.191 1944,16.124 1945,19.75 1946,21.685 1947,17.678 1948,17.554 1949,16.005 1950,17.524 1951,18.799 1952,10.651 1953,12.548 1954,14.364 1955,15.809 1956,12.54 1957,23.011 1958,17.285 1959,21.139 1960,17.201 1961,19.068 1962,17.433 1963,15.507 1964,15.795 1965,17.437 1966,15.289 1967,16.553 1968,18.245 1969,16.02 1970,20.371 1971,18.502 1972,21.337 1973,23.143 1974,17.179 1975,18.298 1976,15.196 1977,21.995 1978,16.366 1979,17.689 1980,17.181 1981,19.598 1982,21.371 1983,23.772 1984,22.879 1985,26.464 1986,25.718 1987,16.477 1988,20.1 1989,17.244 1990,18.154 1991,19.158 1992,19.113 1993,18.378 1994,20.277 1995,19.131 1996,23.21 1997,18.813 1998,20.45 1999,13.944 2000,17.915 2001,17.649 2002,19.345 2003,18.207 2004,23.333 2005,16.27 2006,20.781 2007,15.392 2008,17.463 2009,21.731 2010,17.689 2011,18.06 2012,14.801 2013,18.066 2014,17.903 2015,20.949 2016,17.917 2017,17.652 2018,25.311 2019,20.168 2020,17.27 2021,17.849 2022,15.651 2023,14.891 2024,17.096