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general minimum occurred on the 4th, and averaged aliout 

 20°. The precipitation was excessive and the number of 

 rainy days large. The latter part of the month was partic- 

 ularly stormy, with precipitation in some part of the State 

 on nearly every day. 



Temperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country . 



[From United States Climate and Crop Bulletins.] 



Week ending May 2. — The week was cooler than usual 

 in the central and east Gulf States, throughout the Atlantic 

 coast districts and in portions of the lower Missouri valley. 

 From the east Gulf coast to northern New Eno;land the 

 deficiency generally ranged from 3° to 7° per day. The 

 week averaged warmer than usual in the lake region, upper 

 Mississippi and Red River valleys, in the interior of Cali- 

 fornia, the central and southern Rocky Mountain and plateau 

 regions and in Texas. From March 1 to date the tempera- 

 ture has averaged higher than usual from the Missouri valley 

 eastward to the Atlantic coast. Excessive rains fell during 

 the week in southern Illinois, Missouri, northern Arkansas 

 and eastern Kansas, also along the immediate coast from the 

 Carolinas northward to southern New England. The week 

 was drier than usual in the Gulf States, eastern Tennessee, 

 upper Ohio valley, lake region and the interior portions of 

 the Atlantic coast districts. Slow progress has bee>i made 

 with corn planting in the central valleys. Except in Cali- 

 fornia, the reports concerning winter wheat continue favor- 

 able. Cotton has come up with poor stands generally. 



Week ending May 9. — The week was cooler than usual 

 throughout the entire country, except on the immediate 

 South Atlantic coast, in the central valleys of California and 

 in western Oregon and Washington. The temperature defi- 

 ciency ranged from 2° to 9° per day in New England, the 

 middle Atlantic States and the central valleys. The rainfall 

 was largely in excess of the average in southern New 

 England, the middle Atlantic States, the Ohio and central 

 Mississippi valleys and west central regions. Portions of 

 the Ohio valley, Middle Atlantic States and southern New 

 England received from 2 to 5 inches. The seasonal precipi- 



