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and South Atlantic States. The mean temperature continued 

 high over ISTew England and the Lake region, ranging from 

 3° to 8° daily above the normal, also over the Plateau and 

 Pacific coast districts. The precipitation for the week was 

 above the normal in South Dakota, jSTebraska, northeastern 

 Kansas, portions of the southern States, throughout the in- 

 terior of 'New York and portions of Michigan and Wiscon- 

 sin. The precipitation was below normal in the remaining 

 portions of the country, the deficiency amounting to more 

 than half an inch from the upper Missouri valley eastward 

 to Lake Superior, in New England, New Jersey and Vir- 

 ginia. 



Week ending July 20. — The mean temperature continued 

 below normal over the greater part of the region between the 

 Mississippi valley and the Rocky Mountains, and the cool 

 area extended eastward over the Ohio valley. Lake region and 

 northern I^ew England, the deficiency ranging from 3° to 6°. 

 From the lower Mississippi valley eastward over the Gulf 

 States and along the Atlantic coast to IsTew England the mean 

 temperature was above the normal, also over the upper Mis- 

 souri valley and the Pacific coast States. The rainfall was 

 in excess of the normal from the central Washington coast 

 eastward to the upper Missouri valley, throughout the greater 

 part of the Lake region and ISTew England, the rainfall rang- 

 ing from 1 to 2 inches. The week was comparatively dry 

 from the central Plateau region to the eastern portions of 

 the Dakotas, over Kansas, ^Nebraska and northern Oklahoma, 

 and along the southern Atlantic coast. 



Week ending July 27. — The mean temperature continued 

 below the normal from Texas northeastward over the middle 

 Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys to the lower Lake region, 

 also over most of the Gulf States and locally on the Pacific 

 coast. The mean temperature was above normal over most 

 of the Pacific coast districts, and thence northeasterly over 

 the middle and northern Plateau and mountain districts to 

 the upper Lakes, and over the Atlantic coast from southern 

 New England to Florida. The rainfall was above the normal 

 throughout the greater part of the country from the central 



