Oklahoma, ranging from 2 to more than 8 inches. It was 

 also very heavy in Iowa and Minnesota, on the Atlantic coast 

 from the Carolinas northward to southern Xew England, and 

 over a large part of the northern Rocky Mountain region. 

 The precipitation was light in the central and east Gulf 

 States, upper Ohio valley and a large part of the Lake region 

 and northern Xew England, and over a small area on the east 

 Gulf coast. 



Week ending June 1. — The mean temperature was below 

 the normal in the northern portion of tlie upper Mississippi 

 valley, the Red River of the jSTorth and upper Missouri val- 

 leys, throughout the Rocky Mountain, Plateau and Pacific 

 coast regions, the deficiency amounting to more than 3° a 

 day. The mean temperature was above the normal in the 

 west Gulf States, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri, and in 

 all districts eastward of the Mississippi River, with the ex- 

 ception of eastern Maine and southern Florida. The daily 

 excess ranged from 3° to 9°, and was most marked in the 

 Middle Atlantic States and ]^ew England. Heavy rains oc- 

 curred in the northern Rocky Mountain region, the lower 

 Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys, upper Lake region, 

 jSTew England, along the middle and south Atlantic coasts 

 and over local areas in the Gulf States, the amounts ranging 

 from 2 to 4 inches. Elsewhere throughout the country the 

 precipitation for the week was light. 



Special Telegraphic Reports. 



[Weather BuEEAtr, Boston.] 



Weeh ending May 11. — J^ew England. Boston: The 

 weather was cloudy and cold itntil the 11th, when it became 

 much warmer, the maximum temperature being near 80° in 

 the central-southern portions. Freezing temperatures oc- 

 curred on the 5th in the interior of Maine, ]^ew Hampshire, 

 western Massachusetts and Vermont. Heavy rains were 

 general on the 7th and 8th over the greater part of Massa- 

 chusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, the amount for the 

 week being near or somewhat more than 2 inches. The mean 

 temperature was below the normal, and the precipitation 



