Year,Value,Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48),Temp,Jul,(°F) 1940,73.567 1941,73.523 1942,74.068 1943,74.427 1944,73.426 1945,72.782 1946,74.03 1947,72.602 1948,73.891 1949,74.658 1950,71.538 1951,74.366 1952,74.762 1953,74.844 1954,75.99 1955,74.751 1956,73.522 1957,74.991 1958,73.133 1959,74.153 1960,74.696 1961,73.743 1962,72.59 1963,74.253 1964,75.193 1965,73.181 1966,75.757 1967,72.941 1968,73.328 1969,74.586 1970,74.581 1971,72.967 1972,72.657 1973,73.86 1974,74.726 1975,74.152 1976,73.415 1977,74.894 1978,74.367 1979,74.04 1980,76.601 1981,74.577 1982,73.765 1983,74.767 1984,73.799 1985,74.739 1986,73.994 1987,73.886 1988,75.62 1989,75.018 1990,73.877 1991,74.534 1992,71.688 1993,72.839 1994,74.571 1995,74.476 1996,74.164 1997,73.522 1998,75.71 1999,74.777 2000,74.545 2001,74.993 2002,76.434 2003,76.322 2004,73.666 2005,76.431 2006,77.454 2007,75.78 2008,75.149 2009,73.689 2010,75.714 2011,77.209 2012,77.752 2013,75.253 2014,74.016 2015,74.897 2016,76.441 2017,76.895 2018,76.558 2019,75.921 2020,76.837 2021,76.479 2022,77.63 2023,77.071 2024,76.428