Year,Value,Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48),Wind,Apr,(mph) 1940,8.098 1941,7.392 1942,8.032 1943,8.118 1944,8.042 1945,8.453 1946,7.661 1947,8.181 1948,8.667 1949,7.545 1950,8.68 1951,8.387 1952,7.558 1953,8.556 1954,8.249 1955,8.655 1956,8.191 1957,8.164 1958,8.114 1959,8.164 1960,8.711 1961,8.878 1962,7.95 1963,8.653 1964,8.903 1965,7.875 1966,7.98 1967,8.902 1968,8.369 1969,8.131 1970,8.687 1971,8.252 1972,8.321 1973,8.51 1974,8.904 1975,8.485 1976,8.088 1977,7.548 1978,8.585 1979,7.853 1980,7.821 1981,8.357 1982,8.585 1983,8.14 1984,8.781 1985,7.873 1986,8.333 1987,7.494 1988,7.821 1989,7.594 1990,7.696 1991,8.14 1992,7.442 1993,8.083 1994,8.201 1995,8.028 1996,8.763 1997,8.039 1998,7.655 1999,8.494 2000,8.091 2001,8.298 2002,8.132 2003,8.233 2004,7.91 2005,8.326 2006,8.222 2007,8.059 2008,8.415 2009,8.675 2010,8.515 2011,9.098 2012,8.169 2013,8.44 2014,8.767 2015,7.993 2016,8.074 2017,8.292 2018,8.475 2019,8.126 2020,7.986 2021,7.984 2022,9.358 2023,8.238 2024,8.588 2025,8.21