Tempekatuee and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From United States National Weekly Weather Bulletii^.] 



Week ending July 1. — During much of the week high 

 barometric pressure prevailed over the west Gulf and South- 

 ern Plains regions, while along the northern border from the 

 upper Lakes westward the pressure was moderately low. 

 Near the middle of the week moderately high pressure de- 

 veloped north of the Great Lakes, which, moving eastward, 

 gave cool weather over the Lake region, Ohio valley and 

 jSTorth Atlantic States. At the close of the week the weather 

 was moderately cool in nearly all parts of the country. For 

 the week as a whole the temperature averaged much above 

 the normal over all northern districts from the Lake- region 

 westward to the Rockies. Such precipitation as occurred 

 was local in character and fell at widely scattered points. 

 About the first of the week a shallow barometric pressure 

 caused showers in the east Gulf and South Atlantic States, 

 extending northward along the Atlantic coast and southward 

 over the peninsula of Florida later. During the remainder 

 of the week local rains occurred over the southeastern dis- 

 tricts, with occasional showers elsewhere. The total precipi- 

 tation for the week ranged from 2 to 3 inches over much of 

 the middle and eastern Gulf States, and the southern por- 

 tions of the Ohio watershed and over thp Florida peninsula. 

 Amounts from % to 1 inch or slightly more occurred near 

 the Gulf and South Atlantic coasts and in the far ISTorthwest, 

 but elsewhere the amounts were everywhere quite small. 



Week ending July 8. — At the beginning of the week 

 seasonable temperatures prevailed in the central valleys and 

 Great Plain States, while it was moderately cool in the more 

 eastern districts and quite cool in the Plateau and extreme 

 western districts. As the week advanced there was a general 

 warming up over the northern districts to the eastward of the 

 Rocky Mountains. High temperatures were the rule during 

 the latter part of the week and Sunday in the northern dis- 

 tricts. The average for the week was decidedly above nor- 



