from the upper Mississippi valley eastward, and tempera- 

 tures unseasonably low prevailed in nearly all portions of 

 the country east of the Rocky Mountains. During the latter 

 part of the week temperatures as low as or lower than ever 

 before recorded in the first decade of August occurred over 

 the Mississippi and Ohio valleys, the Middle Atlantic States 

 and the northern portions of the Gulf States. For the week 

 as a whole the temperature over the greater part of the coun- 

 try was below the normal. Low barometric pressure and 

 unsettled weather prevailed over the northeastern States at 

 the beginning of the week and light showers occurred along 

 the Atlantic coast from Virginia to l^ew England. Unset- 

 tled weather with local showers gradually overspread portions 

 of the east Gulf and Atlantic coast States, continuing in por- 

 tions of the Gulf States during Friday and Saturday. At 

 the same time rain set in over the Lake region, extending to 

 the "New England coast by Saturday morning. For the week 

 as a whole precipitation occurred over a wide extent of the 

 country. Throughout the great agricultural districts the 

 amounts were nearly everywhere less than one inch except 

 in the western portions of the Plains region, locally in the 

 Gulf and Atlantic coast States, the Lake region and northern 

 jSTew England, where the week's fall was from one to two 

 inches. 



Week ending August 12. — High barometric pressure con- 

 tinued at the beginning of the week over the districts to the 

 eastward of the Mississippi, and the cool weather that had 

 persisted for nearly two weeks still prevailed in all eastern 

 districts, especially along the immediate Atlantic coast. To 

 the westward of the Mississippi there was a tendency toward 

 warmer weather. For the week as a whole the average tem- 

 perature was below the normal throughout all the interior 

 portions of the country, although the departures from the 

 normal were not so pronounced as during the previous week. 

 At a few points in the lower Lake region, in JSTew England, 

 along the immediate Gulf coast, in the Southwest and along 

 the Pacific coast, the average temperature for the week was 

 normal or slightly above. The early part of the week was 

 without rainfall, except for a few light local showers, but by 



