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week, in counection with a gulf storm of moderate intensity 

 wbicli finally moved inland over southern Alabama and west- 

 ern Florida during Friday night and Saturday morning. 

 This storm moved rapidly northward to the lower Ohio val- 

 ley by Sunday morning, but with much reduced intensity, 

 and then to the lower Lake region and the middle Atlantic 

 coast by the close of the week, accompanied through its course 

 generally by light rains but with occasional heavy falls. For 

 the week as a whole the precipitation continued deficient, as 

 during the preceding several weeks, over much of the great 

 cereal and cotton-growing districts. The most marked defi- 

 ciency occurred in Texas and thence northeastward over the 

 middle and lower Mississippi valley to the Lake region and 

 in the middle Atlantic States. Over much of the east Gulf 

 and South Atlantic States there was more than the normal 

 rainfall, and like conditions prevailed generally over the mid- 

 dle and northern portions of the Great Plains, in the north- 

 em Rocky Mountain region and in portions of the upper 

 Mississippi valley, in the vicinity of Lake Michigan and 

 over portions of the north Atlantic States. 



Week ending September 2S. — The week commenced 

 cold, which continued during the first few days throughout 

 nearly all northern and central districts, freezing tempera- 

 tures occurring in the northern and central portion of the 

 mountain regions and extending into the western portions 

 of the Great Plains region. By the middle of the week 

 warmer weather developed over the mountain and Great 

 Plains districts, and unusually warm weather prevailed along 

 the middle Pacific coast. Cold weather continued until the 

 end of the week in the districts to the westward of the Mis- 

 sissippi, except along the Pacific coast, and it continued cool 

 during the latter part of the week in the Lake region, Middle 

 Atlantic States and N'ew England. Over the Atlantic coast 

 and Appalachian Mountain districts, the east Gulf States 

 and along the immediate Gulf coast the average temperature 

 for the week was, as a rule, somewhat above the normal. At 

 the beginning of the week local showers prevailed in the 

 Lake region and at scattered points in the Mississippi and 

 Ohio valleys, the rainy area extending quite generally during 



