week warm weather overspread all districts east of the Mis- 

 sissippi. Precipitation in sufficient amounts and well dis- 

 tributed during the week occurred over the lower Missouri, 

 middle and upper Mississippi and portions of the Ohio val- 

 leys, Lake region, the northern part of the Middle Atlantic 

 States and New England. But little precipitation occurred 

 over the greater part of the south Atlantic and east Gulf 

 States. Elsewhere precipitation was below the normal. 



Week ending May 2J±. — Cool northerly winds prevailed 

 over the greater part of the States from the Mississippi valley 

 eastward, and there was much cloudy weather with moderate 

 to heavy rains over the Gulf and Atlantic coast States. The 

 mean temperature was below the normal over all districts 

 east of the Mississippi River, except small areas along the 

 immediate Gulf and South Atlantic coasts. Temperature 

 variations between the Mississippi River and the Rocky 

 Mountains were not decided. From the Rocky Mountains 

 westward to the Pacific coast cool weather prevailed. General 

 and locally heavy rains occurred from central Texas eastward 

 over practically all portions of the Gulf States, and over the 

 Atlantic coast States to southern New England. General 

 rains occurred over the eastern portions of the Rocky Moun- 

 tain district, becoming heavy over the Great Plains. From 

 the middle and upper Mississippi valley eastward over the 

 Lake region, northern portion of the Ohio valley, western 

 Pennsylvania, and the greater part of New York and New 

 England, there was a general lack of rainfall. 



Special Telegraphic Reports. 



[Weather Bureau, Boston.] 



Week ending May 17. — New England. Boston: Much 

 cloudy weather during the week, with frequent showers, al- 

 though the rainfall for the week was below normal, except 

 in parts of the northern States. The temperature was 

 changeable, being lowest on the 12th and 13th, when it was 

 near freezing in some sections. 



Week ending May 2Jf. — New England. Boston : Cloudy 

 vcather prevailed during the week, with cool easterly winds 



