was below the normal over most of the territory east of the 

 Rockies, while west of the Rockies the reverse was true. 

 During the early part of the week local showers occurred in 

 the Gulf and South Atlantic States and in the Lake region 

 and along the northern border from the Dakotas eastward. 

 Some local heavy rains occurred in the central districts in 

 the middle of the week, and showers continued in the east 

 Gulf and South Atlantic States, extending during Thursday 

 to the entire Atlantic coast. The total fall for the week was 

 very heavy in most of the Gulf States, and generally through 

 the central sections. Over most of the remainder of the 

 country the precipitation was very light, and as a whole the 

 week was the driest of the season to date over the great 

 cereal-producing States. 



Week ending June 17. — The cool weather prevailing, es- 

 pecially in 'New England, moderated slowly during the early 

 part of the week, but temperature still continued normal 

 over much of the countr}^ By the middle of the week lower 

 temperatures developed in the upper central districts, and 

 Thursday and Friday it was unusually cool over all eastern 

 districts, with heavy frosts in the interior of ISTew York and 

 New England. The last few days of the week high bar- 

 ometric pressure developed in the far northwest and over- 

 spread the northern mountain districts by the end of the 

 week. In general the temperature averages were below nor- 

 mal. Only widely scattered showers occurred during the 

 first few days of the week except along the Gulf coast, where 

 rains were fairly heavy. These rains spread over the cen- 

 tral valleys and eastern districts during the latter part of 

 the week. The precipitation for the week was generous in 

 amount and fairly v/ell distributed over all northern dis- 

 tricts from the Atlantic to the Pacific. There was a decided 

 deficiency of rainfall in New England, ISTew York and New 

 Jersey. !No rain occurred over the far southwest and in por- 

 tions of the Carolinas. 



^Yeeh ending June SJj. — The average temperature for the 

 week was unusually low throughout the interior and southern 

 portions of the country. Over the middle and southern moun- 

 tain region, and thence eastward to the Mississippi and Ohio 



