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region experienced a Aveek of showery weather to its great 

 relief. There was no rain on tlie Pacific coast except very 

 liolit showers in A\"ashinoton and uortliern Oregon, 



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Week ending August 8. — The A\eek was warmer tlian 

 usual over the western Plateau districts and on the Pacific 

 coast. A slight excess in temperature was also shown over 

 the northern portion of the Middle Atlantic States and the 

 greater part of New England, the departures from the nor- 

 mal in these districts being generally below 3°. Over most 

 of the lower Lake region, Ohio valley, Tennessee and the 

 northern portion of the South Atlantic States the tempera- 

 ture difiered but little from the normal, slight deficiencies 

 being generally reported. In the western portion of the 

 upper Lake region, the upper Mississippi and Missouri val- 

 leys, and over the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains 

 and Gulf States the week averaged cooler than usual. In 

 the Southern States the rainfall was very heavy and gener- 

 ally largely in excess of the average. Through the Gulf 

 States and on the South Atlantic coast the total fall ranged 

 from 2 to 6 inches, while amounts ranging from 2 to 4 inches 

 were reported from the coast districts from the Carolinas 

 northward to southern New England. In northern New 

 England and generally throughout the Lake region and cen- 

 tral vallej's the week was drier than usual, large areas being 

 entirely rainless. There was a continued absence of rain 

 over a large part of the Plateau and Pacific coast regions. 



WeeJi ending August 15. — The week was generally 

 cooler than usual in the districts east of the Mississippi and 

 in the west Gulf States, In the lower Ohio Valley and in 

 the south Atlantic coast districts the temperature differed 

 very slightly from the normal. The week \vas also slightly 

 cooler than usual over the central portion of the southern 

 Plateau region and along the immediate middle and north 

 Pacific coasts. Over most of the northern Pacific coast 

 region, and generally throughout the middle and northern 

 Plateau districts and the north-eastern Rocky Mountain slope 

 the week averaged warmer than usual. Much of the At- 

 lantic and Gulf coast districts and a considerable part of the 

 central Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys and the Lake 



