the middle Rocky Mountain slope. The week was warmer 

 than usual in the Gulf districts and from the upper Lake 

 region westward to the north Pacific coast. Very heavy 

 rains fell in the lower Missouri and central Mississippi val- 

 leys, the greater part of the Ohio valley, central Tennessee, 

 northern Arkansas, Oklahoma and Indian Territories, amounts 

 ranging from 1 to 5 inches occurring over a large part of 

 these districts. A few stations on the immediate south At- 

 lantic, Gulf and southern New England coasts also reported 

 heavy rains. In the Lake region and generally throughout 

 the Atlantic coast and Gulf districts the rainfall was below 

 the average. 



Week ending September 18. — The week was cooler than 

 usual in New England and the Middle Atlantic States, and 

 there "was a slight deficiency in temperatiu'e over the western 

 portion of the middle and southern Plateau regions and the 

 greater part of the Pacific coast districts. Elsewhere the 

 week was warmer than usual , the temperature being decidedly 

 above the normal from northern Texas to southern Minne- 

 sota, the average daily excess ranging from 6° to 10°, and in 

 the Lake region and lower Ohio valley from 3° to 5°. The 

 rainfall ^\'as exceptionally heavy in the jNIissouri valley, 

 amounts ranging from 4 to 8 inches being reported, and 

 considerably more than the average fell in the lower Lake 

 region and generally throughout New England and the 

 northern portion of the Middle Atlantic States. As a whole, 

 the precipitation in the southern States was much below the 

 average, and there was also less than the average precipita- 

 tion in northern Illinois and over the northern portion of the 

 upper Lake region. 



Week ending September 25. — The temperature averaged 

 above the normal over nearly the whole of the United States, 

 being below normal over only a comparatively smaller area 

 in north-western Texas. It is seldom that for a period of 

 seven consecutive days the temperature averages above the 

 normal over so large a proportion of the country. The 

 average daily excess amounted to over 3° over more than 

 half the country, and ranged from 6° to 13° over an area 

 extending from the upper Missouri valley nearl}^ to the north 

 Pacific coast. Heavy rains fell in portions of the lower 



