Year,Value,Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48),Temp,Apr,(°F) 1940,27.102 1941,27.055 1942,32.09 1943,34.59 1944,26.86 1945,34.121 1946,43.503 1947,32.437 1948,44.028 1949,34.098 1950,33.374 1951,30.499 1952,34.251 1953,30.65 1954,48.92 1955,46.159 1956,32.167 1957,35.747 1958,33.164 1959,39.849 1960,43.975 1961,30.266 1962,36.873 1963,39.938 1964,38.72 1965,39.153 1966,34.131 1967,39.215 1968,36.894 1969,40.125 1970,35.854 1971,36.522 1972,37.817 1973,29.414 1974,40.364 1975,30.261 1976,39.712 1977,48.306 1978,39.14 1979,34.928 1980,33.348 1981,51.059 1982,30.658 1983,24.096 1984,30.578 1985,48.709 1986,43.339 1987,42.288 1988,36.027 1989,46.208 1990,38.593 1991,42.488 1992,44.02 1993,32.828 1994,41.769 1995,35.409 1996,36.854 1997,27.721 1998,32.686 1999,37.354 2000,40.313 2001,44.92 2002,46.136 2003,40.213 2004,42.262 2005,42.667 2006,48.292 2007,34.081 2008,37.822 2009,37.897 2010,48.015 2011,43.262 2012,48.159 2013,37.73 2014,41.291 2015,44.427 2016,44.626 2017,47.731 2018,34.755 2019,46.552 2020,37.727 2021,40.984 2022,41.327 2023,43.677 2024,46.162 2025,46.209