west Gulf States, Arkansas, northern Mississippi, western 

 Tennessee and in portions of the central Mississippi and 

 lower Ohio valleys the rainfall was unusuall}^ heavy. The 

 rainfall was l)elow the average over the central Gulf States, 

 and from New Mexico and western Texas northward over 

 Kansas, northern Missouri, Iowa and northern Illinois. 

 There was also less than average precipitation in the Middle 

 Atlantic States and New England, and from western North 

 Dakota to the north Pacific coast. 



Weekending May 15. — The week was decidedly cool 

 in the Plateau and Rocky Mountain regions and upper 

 Mississippi valley, and below normal in the upper Missis- 

 sippi valley and over the western portion of the upper 

 Lake region. In New England the temperature averaged 

 nearly normal. In the Middle and South Atlantic and 

 Gulf States, the Ohio and central Mississippi valle3^s and 

 lower Lake region the week was warmer than usual. The 

 rainfall was excessively heavy generally throughout the 

 central valleys, in the west Gulf States and in portions of 

 the Middle and South Atlantic States. Over most of New 

 England, and in portions of the lower Lake region and 

 ^Middle Atlantic and east Gulf States, the rainfall was 

 below the average. 



Weeh ending May 22. — The week, was cool in the 

 north Pacific coast region from Colorado eastward over 

 the central States and lower Lake reoion to the New 

 Jersey coast, and in New England. In the upper Missouri 

 and Red River of the North valleys the week was warmer 

 than usual : and generally throughout the southern part of 

 the United States, in a broad belt from the south Pacific 

 coast to the Carolinas, the temperature of the week was 

 slightly above the normal. The rainfall of the week was 

 above normal from southern Kansas south-eastward to the 

 Louisiana coast, in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, the 

 Carolinas and northern New England. The deficiency in 

 rainfall was most marked over the lower Missouri, central 

 Mississippi and Ohio valleys. 



