Year,Value,Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48),Solar,Aug,(MJ) 1940,22.001 1941,22.297 1942,21.851 1943,23.044 1944,22.349 1945,21.828 1946,22.13 1947,22.633 1948,22.757 1949,22.728 1950,22.565 1951,22.323 1952,22.777 1953,22.771 1954,22.721 1955,22.958 1956,22.985 1957,22.782 1958,22.837 1959,22.143 1960,22.29 1961,21.954 1962,23.338 1963,22.154 1964,22.072 1965,22.181 1966,21.809 1967,22.425 1968,21.826 1969,23.013 1970,22.845 1971,22.474 1972,21.884 1973,22.594 1974,21.61 1975,22.286 1976,22.414 1977,21.101 1978,22.146 1979,21.624 1980,21.971 1981,21.637 1982,21.331 1983,21.909 1984,21.745 1985,21.605 1986,21.504 1987,21.745 1988,22.094 1989,21.546 1990,21.925 1991,21.651 1992,21.255 1993,21.513 1994,21.989 1995,22.352 1996,22.112 1997,21.492 1998,22.505 1999,22.509 2000,22.727 2001,22.488 2002,22.532 2003,22.158 2004,21.548 2005,22.06 2006,22.213 2007,22.505 2008,21.985 2009,22.216 2010,22.536 2011,23.169 2012,22.811 2013,22.005 2014,21.522 2015,22.499 2016,21.716 2017,21.621 2018,22.186 2019,22.366 2020,22.982 2021,22.167 2022,21.791 2023,22.372 2024,22.52