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deficient in the Lake region, and also in portions of the mid- 

 dle Atlantic States, upper Ohio and lower Missouri valleys, 

 a considerable area in the Lake reofion receivino- no measur- 

 able amount. 



Week ending June 17. — The week was warmer than usual 

 in the west Gulf States, lower Missouri valley, throughout 

 the Mississippi valley and in all districts to the eastward, 

 except along the middle and south Atlantic and east Gulf 

 coasts. The week was marked by unseasonably low minimum 

 temperatures over the eastern Rocky Mountain slope and in 

 northern New England, and unusually high maximum tem- 

 peratures in the lower Mississippi valley and on the west 

 Gulf coast. The week was marked by exceptionally heavy 

 rains in the middle and south Atlantic States and over 

 an area extending from northern Colorado and southern 

 Wyoming north-eastward over western Nebraska, the Da- 

 kotas, to Minnesota and northern Wisconsin. There was a 

 general absence of rain throughout the central and west Gulf 

 districts, and over a large part of New England and the lower 

 Lake region. The precipitation was generally below the 

 average over the greater portion of the central valleys and 

 the northern portion of the middle Atlantic States. 



Week ending June 24. — The week was slightly cooler 

 than usual along the Atlantic coast, over portions of the 

 upper Lake region, eastern Montana and in California. 

 Throughout the central valleys, southern States, Rocky 

 Mountain region and on the north Pacific coast the week 

 was warmer than usual, particularly in the lower Missouri, 

 central Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys. Generally 

 throughout the southern States, on the middle Atlantic coast, 

 over a large 'part of the upper Lake region, and in portions 

 of the upper Mississippi, lower Missouri and Ohio valleys 

 the rainfall was below the average, there being practically 

 none over the greater part of the central and west Gulf 

 States. In northern New England, northern and western 

 New York, eastern North Carolina, the Florida peninsula, 

 portions of the central and upper Ohio valley the rainfall 

 was excessive. Good rains also fell over south-eastern 

 Kansas and Oklahoma, and the northern portion of the 

 upper Lake region. 



