amounts ranging from 2 to more than 8 inches. The pre- 

 cipitation was less than the normal from the upper Missis- 

 sippi valley eastward to the New England and Middle 

 Atlantic coasts. 



Week ending June 15. — The mean temperature was be- 

 low the normal in the northern Rocky Mountain region, cen- 

 tral valleys and most of the Lake region, the deficiency 

 ranging from 6° to 11° per day in the central valleys and 

 Lake region. The temperature was nearly normal in the 

 South Atlantic and Gulf States, and above the normal over 

 the greater part of Washington and Oregon, in tliC Rio 

 Grande valley, ISTew England and generally throughout the 

 Middle Atlantic States, the excess ranging from 2 to 6 per 

 day. Heavy rains occurred in the central Gulf States, Okla- 

 homa, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska and portions of Iowa 

 and Missouri, the amounts ranging from 2 to 4 inches. There 

 was more than the normal amount over the Lake region, the 

 interior portions of the Middle and South Atlantic States, 

 the lower Lake region and the western portion of the upper 

 Lake rea-ion. Elsewhere there was less than the normal 

 amount of rain. 



Week ending June 22. — The mean temperature was be- 

 low the normal in the Pacific coast. Plateau and Rocky 

 Mountain regions and portions of the lower Missouri valley, 

 along the South Atlantic coast, and in interior districts north- 

 ward to northern New York and western New England. In 

 the eastern districts the temperature deficiency was not 

 marked, being less than 3° per day. The temperature was 

 practically normal over the central Gulf States and the 

 eastern portions of the Dakotas, and slightly above in the 

 lower Lake region and central valleys. The rainfall was 

 generally above the normal over the middle- Plateau and 

 Rocky Mountain regions, in portions of the central valleys, 

 over most of Ohio and along a narrow strip from the Massa- 

 chusetts coast to the interior of North Carolina. Elsewhere 

 it was below the normal, the deficiency being most marked 

 in the central Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys and central 

 Gulf States. 



Weeh ending June 29. — ■ The mean temperature was be- 



