experienced imusnallv cold weather, with temperatures at 

 or below freezing at numerous points along the northern 

 border. The averages for the week ranged from 6° to more 

 than 15° below the normal. West of the Rocky Mountains 

 the mean temperature was above the normal. A considerable 

 rain moved from the Lake region and Middle Atlantic States 

 to the ISTew England coast the first two days in the week, 

 with heavy falls also in the lower Mississippi valley and in 

 Texas. A second storm developed in the Rocky Mountains, 

 and the week closed with general rains over all districts to 

 the eastward. 



Week ending June 13. — Cool weather opened the week 

 in the upper portions of the Mississippi and Missouri val- 

 leys, with warmer, cloudy weather to the eastward. The 

 cool weather moved slowly eastward, diminishing in inten- 

 sity, and was followed by warmer weather, with cloudy and 

 rainy conditions for the latter part of the week. The mean 

 temperature of the week continued below normal for prac- 

 tically all districts east of the Rocky Mountains. Warm 

 weather continued over the southern portions west of the 

 Rocky Mountains, with more normal conditions over the 

 northern portions. The total precipitation for the week 

 averaged about 2 inches over the eastern portion of the 

 Great Plains and from the middle Mississippi valley east- 

 ward to the Atlantic coast, as far north as southern ISTew 

 England. Over the upper Mississippi valley and the upper 

 Lake region the precipitation for the week was very light. 



Weeh ending June 20. — A change from the decidedly 

 cool weather that had prevailed over the central valleys to 

 weather more nearly normal began the first of the week, 

 and as the week advanced, higher temperatures overspread 

 practically all portions of the country east of the Rocky 

 Mountains. Over the Pacific coast States, however, the high 

 temperatures formerly prevailing gave way to cooler weather.. 

 The rainy conditions prevailing over the Atlantic coast dis- 

 tricts at the end of the previous week persisted during the 

 most of this, with decidedly heavy falls over the headwaters 

 of the Potomac and other rivers from Maryland and West 

 Virginia southward to the Carolinas. The precipitation 



