Year,Value,Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48),Solar,Jun-Aug,(MJ) 1940,70.866 1941,69.708 1942,70.706 1943,72.851 1944,72.102 1945,69.926 1946,72.103 1947,71.713 1948,72.642 1949,72.397 1950,72.06 1951,71.873 1952,74.813 1953,73.845 1954,74.189 1955,73.153 1956,74.194 1957,72.971 1958,71.554 1959,72.52 1960,72.941 1961,72.212 1962,73.654 1963,72.527 1964,72.457 1965,72.16 1966,73.219 1967,71.246 1968,71.763 1969,72.209 1970,73.555 1971,73.37 1972,71.334 1973,72.197 1974,72.959 1975,71.927 1976,72.446 1977,71.239 1978,72.612 1979,71.264 1980,73.162 1981,70.43 1982,69.46 1983,70.994 1984,70.837 1985,71.104 1986,70.983 1987,71.391 1988,73.192 1989,70.146 1990,71.585 1991,70.937 1992,68.393 1993,69.496 1994,71.48 1995,71.82 1996,71.689 1997,70.259 1998,71.4 1999,71.705 2000,72.327 2001,72.23 2002,72.912 2003,72.132 2004,69.772 2005,72.091 2006,72.933 2007,72.465 2008,72.815 2009,70.73 2010,71.726 2011,74.026 2012,74.316 2013,71.245 2014,70.771 2015,71.884 2016,72.831 2017,72.086 2018,72.479 2019,72.621 2020,73.745 2021,71.905 2022,72.371 2023,73.102 2024,72.937