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TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY. 

 From United States Weatiier-crop Bulletins. 



Week ending September 4. — Week cooler than usual in 

 all districts east of the Rocky Mountains, while to the west- 

 ward and on the Pacific coast the excess in temperature 

 above the normal for the week ranged from 3° to. 6°; 

 Frosts occurred from Wisconsin south-westward to Col- 

 orado. General deficiency in rainfall. 



Week ending September 11. — Week cool generally over 

 the country east of the Rocky Mountains. Light frosts 

 occurred at extreme northern stations. Slightly warradj 

 than usual in Minnesota, the Dakotas, and thence westwa:*51 

 to the Pacific coast. Excess in rainfall generally along the 

 Atlantic coast and at northern Rocky Mountain stations and 

 on the Pacific coast. Very little rain in the central valleys. 



Week ending September 18. — Warm week east of the 

 Rocky Mountains. Temperature in excess over the whole 

 country except California and portions of Oregon, Nevada, 

 Utah and New Mexico. General deficienc}^ in rainfall over 

 the whole country east of the Rocky Mountains, with the 

 exception of a few limited localities where local showers 

 gave more than the normal rainfall. Rainfall in excess on 

 the immediate Pacific coast. 



Week ending September 25. — Over the region east of the 

 Rocky Mountains, week warmer than the corresponding 

 week of any previous year of which there is record in office 

 of Weather Bureau. Week unusually dr}^ throughout all 

 agricultural regions east of the Mississippi, and generally 

 over the lower Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys. 

 Heavy rains occurred on the Texas coast, and generally 

 throughout the Rocky Mountain regions. Drought condi- 

 tions continue in New England and along the Atlantic coast. 



