the Gulf coast and over the Florida peninsula. It was unus- 

 ually warm from the middle Mississippi valley and upper 

 Lake region eastward to the Atlantic coast, where the average 

 daily excess ranged from 6° to 12°. From the Eocky Moun- 

 tains westward to the Pacific coast the mean temperature 

 continued generally below the normal. No well-developed 

 rain area crossed the United States during the week, but con- 

 ditions were favorable for the occurrence of local thunder- 

 storms over the districts from the middle Plains region east- 

 ward to the Appalachian Mountains and the south Atlantic 

 coast. . West of the Rocky Mountains there was a general 

 absence of beneficial rains. 



Week ending July 17. — For the w^eek as a whole the mean 

 temperature was below the normal for the first time in many 

 weeks over portions of the great central valleys, and it was 

 decidedly cool over the upper Mississippi and middle Mis- 

 souri valleys, the average daily deficiency ranging from 4° 

 to 8° per day. Over the Atlantic coast and lower Lake region 

 the average temperature for the week was above the normal, 

 the excess being quite pronounced in the 'New England States. 

 West of the Rocky Mountains the temperature averaged above 

 the normal for the first time in many weeks. No general 

 area of low pressure crossed the country during the week, but 

 conditions were favorable for the occurrence of local showers 

 and thunder storms, especially during the latter part of the 

 week, when they were fairly general and heavy over most of 

 the Gulf States, Ohio valley, Lake region and portions of the 

 Middle Atlantic States. Over central and northern New 

 England there was little rain during the week, and over the 

 more northern districts, from the upper Lakes westward, 

 there was a rather general lack of precipitation. 



Weeh ending Jidy 2Jf. — For the week as a whole the mean 

 temperature was below the normal over the greater part of 

 the country, the gTcatest deficiency occurring in the Missouri, 

 Mississippi and Ohio valleys and Lake region. In portions 

 of the upper Lake region, upper Mississippi and Missouri 

 valleys the averasfe temperature ranged from 6° to 10° below 

 the normal. Along the immediate Atlantic coast the tempera- 

 ture average for the week was about normal or slightly above. 



