Year,Value,Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48),Temp,Jan-Jul,(°F) 1940,48.365 1941,49.222 1942,48.84 1943,50.291 1944,50.307 1945,50.003 1946,51.328 1947,48.581 1948,50.399 1949,50.96 1950,50.41 1951,50.808 1952,52.06 1953,52.785 1954,52.76 1955,50.981 1956,51.432 1957,51.584 1958,50.949 1959,51.605 1960,50.473 1961,51.724 1962,50.711 1963,51.25 1964,51.329 1965,50.404 1966,50.785 1967,51.35 1968,51.045 1969,50.742 1970,50.954 1971,50.762 1972,51.627 1973,51.419 1974,52.494 1975,50.644 1976,52.244 1977,52.282 1978,50.226 1979,49.417 1980,51.88 1981,53.241 1982,50.379 1983,51.596 1984,51.547 1985,51.701 1986,53.817 1987,53.341 1988,52.29 1989,52.09 1990,53.671 1991,53.227 1992,53.218 1993,50.885 1994,52.499 1995,52.231 1996,51.567 1997,51.388 1998,53.096 1999,52.973 2000,54.176 2001,52.38 2002,53.055 2003,52.385 2004,52.678 2005,53.29 2006,55.047 2007,53.308 2008,52.143 2009,52.587 2010,52.569 2011,52.428 2012,56.417 2013,52.529 2014,51.837 2015,53.598 2016,54.964 2017,55.229 2018,53.978 2019,52.259 2020,54.525 2021,53.812 2022,53.508 2023,53.771 2024,54.933 2025,53.968