Year,Value,Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48),Wind,Mar,(mph) 1940,7.637 1941,7.479 1942,8.197 1943,8.288 1944,8.214 1945,7.967 1946,8.258 1947,7.801 1948,8.48 1949,7.855 1950,8.959 1951,8.895 1952,8.254 1953,8.341 1954,8.459 1955,8.718 1956,8.506 1957,7.83 1958,7.071 1959,8.604 1960,7.93 1961,8.387 1962,8.107 1963,8.538 1964,8.6 1965,7.939 1966,8.228 1967,8.255 1968,8.128 1969,7.893 1970,7.659 1971,8.667 1972,8.149 1973,8.02 1974,8.446 1975,8.659 1976,8.674 1977,8.911 1978,7.4 1979,8.081 1980,8.486 1981,7.675 1982,8.235 1983,8.161 1984,7.828 1985,8.403 1986,7.857 1987,7.892 1988,8.46 1989,7.897 1990,7.555 1991,8.73 1992,7.187 1993,7.459 1994,7.767 1995,7.878 1996,8.19 1997,8.196 1998,7.91 1999,8.039 2000,7.628 2001,7.171 2002,8.129 2003,7.598 2004,7.978 2005,7.823 2006,8.25 2007,7.883 2008,8.18 2009,8.422 2010,7.713 2011,8.238 2012,8.446 2013,7.859 2014,8.255 2015,7.176 2016,8.187 2017,8.389 2018,8.075 2019,7.725 2020,7.907 2021,8.334 2022,8.365 2023,8.273 2024,7.995 2025,8.76