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almost continuously, and frequently decidedly, above normal 

 since early in May. The ^varm area extended eastward over 

 the Gulf and South Atlantic States, and westward over 

 portions of the Rocky Mountain and Plateau regions. From 

 the Ohio valley and lower Lake region eastward and north- 

 eastward to the Atlantic coast and jSTew England the tem- 

 l^erature average was several degrees below the normal. For 

 the week as a whole the precipitation was fairly well dis- 

 tributed, and rather generous in amount from the Lake 

 region and Ohio valley westward to the Middle Atlantic 

 States and ISTew England, and there were good local showers 

 in portions of the South Atlantic and east Gulf States and 

 over most of the Florida peninsula. Moderate, and in a 

 few instances heavy, rains occurred in portions of the Rocky 

 Mountain region, in extreme western Texas, and locally 

 at other points. 



Week ending June 26. — The weekly mean temperatures 

 were again above the normal throughout the greater part of 

 the country east of the Rocky Mountains, and especially 

 high over the Great Plains, upper Mississippi valley and 

 upper Lake region, where they have been almost continu- 

 ously above the' normal for the past seven weeks. From 

 the Rocky Mountains westward the temperatures were every- 

 where below the normal. From ISiew Jersey and eastern 

 Pennsylvania northward o^'er ^STew York and the greater part 

 of l^GW England the tem]3erature average was below the 

 normal. The total rainfall for the week ranged from 1 to 

 4 inches in the central and northern portions of Illinois, 

 Indiana and Ohio, and similar or heavier falls occurred in 

 the lower Mississippi valley and over much of the east Gulf 

 and South Atlantic States. There were some good showers 

 from the northern Rocky Mountain region eastward to the 

 up]^er Lakes, and in portions of the lower Ohio valley and 

 Middle Atlantic States. In southern ]S'ew England there was 

 practically no rain. 



