Rocky Mountains the average temperature was b«low the 

 normal, and also in practically all districts west of the Eocky 

 Mountains, except along the immediate Pacific coast from 

 California northward, where it was normal or slightly above. 

 For the week as a whole the precipitation was probabh' the 

 most generous and widespread of the season to date, nearly all 

 portions of the great agricultural sections east of the Eocky 

 Mountains as far east as iSTew England receiving amounts 

 ranging from 1 to 2 inches, while considerable areas had in 

 excess of 2 inches, with occasional amounts exceeding 4 

 inches. Over the middle and southern portions of the Rocky 

 Mountain, Plateau and Pacific coast States the week was 

 mostly without precipitation. 



Week ending September 18. — The mean temperature for 

 the week continued above the normal over the interior and. 

 southern districts, the week, as a whole, being an unusually 

 warm one in the Plains region, the Mississippi valley, and 

 over the Gulf States, where the average excess ranged from 

 6° to 12° per day. The week was generally cold in Xew 

 England, and it was cool in the Middle Atlantic States, lower 

 Lake region, southern Florida and over large portions of the 

 Plateau and Pacific coast States. The total precipitation of 

 the week was light over large portions of the country. In 

 the middle Mississippi valley. Lake region and Ohio valley 

 the total fall for the week ranged very generally from 1 inch 

 to slightly more than 2 inches, with occasional amounts ex- 

 ceeding 4 inches. From the Eocky Mountains westward 

 there was a very general absence of precipitation, and over 

 the remaining portions of the country, except for small areas, 

 there was a very general deficiency in precipitation. 



Weelv ending September 25. — For the week as a whole the 

 temperatures continued above the normal over the southern 

 districts, and it w^as warmer than usual over all the eastern 

 portion of the country, the greatest positive departures, rang- 

 ing from 6° to 9°, extending from central Texas northeast- 

 ward to the interior of l^ew England. From the upper Mis- 

 sissippi valley westward to the Pacific the temperatures were 

 almost continuously below average. The total precipitation 



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