Te:mpekatuee axd Eai^tfall foe tpie Whole Coux'try. 



[From National Weekly Weather Bulletin.] 



^yeeJ.■ ending June v. — Cool weather prevailed over the 

 central vallevs during the first part of the week. By the 

 middle of the week warm weather developed in the north- 

 west, and dnring the last three days nnusually high day 

 temperatures prevailed in the Missouri, Mississippi and Ohio 

 valleys and Gulf States. Over more eastern districts, espe- 

 cially along the immediate Atlantic coast, the weather con-, 

 tinned moderately cool during most of the week. In the 

 Rocky Mountain and Plateau region the weather was mod- 

 erately warm during the latter part of the week, but over 

 the Pacific coast States cool weather continued. The total 

 rainfall for the week was generous in amounts, and fairly 

 well distributed from the northern Rocky Mountains and 

 Missouri valley eastward to the Atlantic, except along the 

 immediate coast, the amounts ranging generally from 14 to 

 2 inches, with small areas of from 2 to 3 inches or slightly 

 more. Elsewhere the rainfall for the week was light. 



Week ending June 12. — For the week as a whole the 

 temperature averaged, above the normal over all portions of 

 the country, save over narrow areas along the north Atlantic 

 and north Pacific coasts, where it was normal or slightly 

 below. Over the interior valleys the week was unusually 

 warm, the average daily excess ranging from 6° to 12°, 

 making the fourth consecutive week with temperatures de- 

 cidedly above the normal. ]\raximum temperatures were 

 above 90° over all interior sections, and above 100° over 

 large areas. The rainfall during the week occurred, as a 

 rule, in connection with local thundershowers. The precipi- 

 tation was deficient over large areas, and over much of the 

 territory from the lower Mississippi valley westward to the 

 Pacific there was an entire absence of rain. Good rains 

 occurred over the upper Ohio valley, and thence eastward to 

 the coast and northeastward to central Xew England. 



Weel: ending June 19. — For the week as a whole the 

 mean temperature continued above the normal in the Missis- 

 sippi valley and Great Plaiiis region, where it has been 



