Temperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From United States National Weekly Wkather Bulletin.] 

 Week endin(i July 2. — The week was warmer than usual 

 in the Lake region, central valleys, Atlantic coast districts 

 and over the southeastern Rocky ]\Iountain slope. The 

 week was cooler than usual on the north Pacific coast, over 

 the greater part of California, throughout the Plateau and 

 Rocky Mountain regions and in the upper Missouri valley. 

 The rainfall exceeded the average in the lower Missouri, 

 upper ^Mississippi and Red River of the North valleys, south- 

 ern New England, and over limited areas in the South 

 Atlantic and east Gulf States. In the central valleys and 

 the central Lake region the rainfall was below the average. 



^yeek ending Juhj 9. — The week was warmer than usual 

 in the Pacific coast districts, and in the upper Missouri and 

 Red River of the North valleys. The temperature averaged 

 nearly normal on the central Gulf coast and over the northern 

 portion of the Middle Atlantic States. Elsewhere the week 

 averaged cooler than usual. Heavy rains occurred in the 

 lower Lake region and upper Ohio valley, and along the 

 Atlantic coast from southern New England to Florida. 

 Generally throughout the central valleys and upper Lake 

 region the rainfall was nmch below the average, and less 

 than the usual amount fell in the interior of the Middle 

 Atlantic States and northern New England. 



Week ending Jidij 16. — In the Lake region and upper 

 Ohio valley and on the west (nilf coast the temperature 

 averaged slightly al)ove the normal. Elsewhere east of the 

 Rocky ^Mountains the Aveek averaged cooler than usual. 

 Over the western })ortions of the Plateau districts and gen- 

 erally in the Pacific coast States the week averaged warmer 

 than usual. Over most of the Gulf States the rainfall dur- 

 ing the week exceeded the average, and in many places was 

 excessively heavy. The Middle Atlantic States and portions 

 of the Mississippi and central Missouri valleys and upper 

 Lake region also received more than the average precipita- 

 tion, but there was, as a whole, less than the average in the 

 central valleys. Lake region and northern portion of the 

 Middle Atlantic States. 



