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low normal over the Middle and South Atlantic States, and 

 throughout the entire region from the upper Mississippi and 

 lower Missouri valleys southward to Texas and westward to 

 the Pacific. In northern districts there was a marked excess 

 of temperature from 2° to 4° per day from the upper Lake 

 region eastward to southern New England. The rainfall 

 was heaviest over interior Minnesota, northern and west 

 Missouri, in interior Connecticut and scattered districts else- 

 where. In the remaining districts the rainfall was generally 

 less than the normal. 



Special Telegraphic Repoets. 



[Weather Bureau, Boston.] 



Week ending June S. — New England. Boston : The 

 weather was clear and pleasant, the sunshine being much 

 above average. There was very little rain, except in Penob- 

 scot, Cumberland and Kennebec counties in Maine, where 

 copious showers occurred on the 1st. The weather was sea- 

 sonable. The nights were cool. Frost was general in the 

 interior on the night of the 2d, when the temperature fell 

 to 30 in some localities. 



Week ending June 15. — New England. Boston: The 

 weather was clear. No rain occurred, except a few scattered 

 light showers on the 11th. The ground is dry, and drought 

 is becoming serious. Copious rains are greatly needed, no 

 rain of any amount having fallen this month over the greater 

 part of New England. The sunshine and mean temperature 

 were much above the normal. 



Week ending June 22. — New England. Boston : One or 

 2 inches of rain fell in Vermont, the Connecticut valley and 

 sections of New Hampshire, somewhat more than 1 inch in 

 Rhode Island, and .4 to .6 inch in the remainder of New 

 England on the 16th; the remainder of the week was fair, 

 with sunshine above the average. Cool nights prevailed dur- 

 ing the middle of the week. Maximum temperatures were 

 high during the last three days. Hot sunshine and strong 

 winds the last half of the week have dried the ground, making 

 copious rains now needed. 



Week ending June 29. — New England. Boston : Showers 



