Year,Value,Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48),Temp,Mar-Apr,(°F) 1940,42.402 1941,41.913 1942,43.893 1943,43.83 1944,42.262 1945,45.737 1946,48.882 1947,42.438 1948,45.477 1949,46.348 1950,43.771 1951,44.118 1952,44.739 1953,46.213 1954,46.556 1955,46.433 1956,45.096 1957,46.002 1958,44.031 1959,46.725 1960,44.451 1961,46.131 1962,44.848 1963,47.915 1964,45.055 1965,43.7 1966,46.592 1967,47.489 1968,47.279 1969,44.498 1970,44.293 1971,45.335 1972,47.71 1973,46.788 1974,48.284 1975,43.096 1976,47.317 1977,49.033 1978,46.66 1979,46.345 1980,45.766 1981,49.38 1982,45.715 1983,44.989 1984,45.233 1985,49.181 1986,49.766 1987,48.267 1988,47.473 1989,48.174 1990,48.875 1991,48.288 1992,48.93 1993,46.154 1994,48.996 1995,46.692 1996,44.971 1997,46.148 1998,45.852 1999,47.031 2000,49.232 2001,47.116 2002,46.589 2003,47.643 2004,50.185 2005,47.725 2006,49.381 2007,49.548 2008,46.774 2009,47.438 2010,48.925 2011,48.139 2012,53.099 2013,46.093 2014,46.79 2015,50.076 2016,51.056 2017,50.581 2018,46.646 2019,47.349 2020,49.221 2021,49.423 2022,48.276 2023,46.633 2024,49.711 2025,51.037