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valle3% while areas of the upper Missouri and central Mis- 

 sissippi valleys received more than the a^'erage. "While 

 showers giving from one-half to more than one inch were 

 quite general in the Ohio valley, Tennessee and the Lake 

 region, the rainfall in these districts was mostly below the 

 average, and much less than the average was reported from 

 the western portion of Ncav England and the eastern por- 

 tion of the lower Lake region. 



Week eliding July 20. — The week was cooler than usual 

 in all parts of the country, with the exception of the south- 

 eastern Rocky Mountain slope, portions of the middle Plateau 

 and a limited area on the central California coast, where the 

 temperature averaged normal or slightly above. In the dis- 

 tricts east of the Mississippi River the week was, for the 

 most part, comparatively cool, the temperature deficiency 

 in New England being from 5° to 7° per day. Generally 

 throughout the Gulf States the rainfall was below the aver- 

 age, and over much of the central and western districts there 

 was no appreciable amount. There was also less than the 

 average in the upper Ohio valley, central portions of the 

 Middle Atlantic States, northern New England and por- 

 tions of the Missouri and Mississippi vallej^s. Over the 

 greater part of the two last-mentioned districts, however, 

 and also in the Lake region there was more than the aver- 

 age rainfall, and also over much of the Carolinas, southern 

 New England, noi-thern portion of the Middle Atlantic 

 States, lower Ohio valley and southern Florida. 



Special Telegraphic Reports. 



[Weather Bureau, Boston.] 



Week ending June 29. — New England. Boston : 

 Weather unfavorable, cool and damp until near close of 

 week, grass improved ; haying begun in south ; })otatoes 

 improved ; apples good though uneven and dropping to 

 some extent ; peaches poor ; strawberries short crop, other 

 berries good ; tobacco all set, some hoed, crop promising ; 

 grain uneven and below average ; corn poor and backward. 



Week ending July 6. — Xew England, Boston : Week 

 generally favorable, average sunshine, moderate rains ; grass 



