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Week ending July 12. — The cool weather that set in the 

 latter part of the preceding week continued over most dis- 

 tricts during the greater part of the week, the only portion 

 not included being the lower Mississippi valley and the 

 southern portion of the Great Plains region, where the tem- 

 peratures were generally high. As a rule, the temperatures 

 advanced slightly as the week advanced, and at the close 

 were about normal in all northern and western districts, and 

 decidedly above in the middle Mississippi valley and portions 

 of the southwest. Frequent local showers characterized the 

 weather of the week over the Missouri, middle Mississippi 

 and Ohio valleys and portions of the east Gulf States. The 

 week was practically rainless over large portions of the Appa- 

 lachian Mountain region from Maryland northward, and only 

 light showers occurred over southern Florida. West of the 

 Mississippi River there was generally little or no rain. 



Week ending July 19. — Continued cool weather was the 

 rule, as in the previous week, over all northern districts, the 

 deficiency in the mean temperature being quite marked in 

 the extreme northwest. The deficiencies in the upper Mis- 

 sissippi and Ohio valleys and the Lake region also ranged 

 from 2° to 4°. Over the Gulf States and the southwest the 

 weather continued warm. Along the Atlantic coast, from 

 Maine to Florida, the weather was generally moderate, the 

 mean temperatures ranging from normal to slightly above. 

 Considerable rainfall occurred during the first of the week 

 from a storm of moderate area that moved from the Missouri 

 valley eastward to the Lake region and Ohio valley during 

 that period. Aside from this, the precipitation resulted from 

 local storms, occurring at irregular intervals and in varying 

 amounts, from light showers to heavy downpours over re- 

 stricted areas. Good showers occurred over most of the 

 Atlantic coast districts during the week, relieving somewhat 

 the moderate drought that had prevailed for several weeks 

 over the Middle Atlantic States and New England. 



Week ending July 26. — Cool weather for the season of 

 the year was again the rule over much of the territory east 

 of the Mississippi valley, and it was also generally cool over 

 most of the mountain districts of the west. The mean tern- 



