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and upper Mississippi valleys, Lake region and jSTew Eng- 

 land the weekly temperature was below normal, the de- 

 partures in the Missouri and Mississij)pi valleys ranging from 

 6° to 10°. Over the greater portion of the Gulf and Atlan- 

 tic coast States frequent showers occurred, and amounts from 

 1 to 6 inches were received over large areas. Over the Lake 

 region, lower Ohio and upper Mississippi valleys there was 

 a general lack of precipitation. There was a general excess 

 from southern ISTebraska to Texas and thence easterly over 

 the Gulf and South Atlantic coast States, and a considerable 

 excess in southern New England and eastern 'New York. 



Week ending August 31.- — Temperatures above the nor- 

 mal prevailed over the Mississippi and lower Missouri 

 valleys and generally over the Great Plains and southern 

 Rocky Mountain districts, w^hile over the Atlantic and Pa- 

 cific coasts and the Plateau and northern Rocky Mountain 

 districts they were generally below the normal. The de- 

 ficiency was from 6° to 10° per day in districts east of, 

 and including, the Appalachian Mountains. The heavy rains 

 that began over portions of the east Gulf and south Atlantic 

 States on the 24th continued during the 25th and 26th, 

 extending northward on the latter date over the middle At- 

 lantic States and into southern i^ew England. Over the 

 greater portion of the districts between the Appalachian 

 Mountains and the Mississippi River the precipitation for the 

 week was very light. Practically no rain occurred over the 

 western part of the Great Plains region and from the Rocky 

 Mountains westward to the Pacific. 



Special Telegraphic Reports. 



[Weather Bureau, Boston.] 



Week ending August 10. — I^Tew England. Boston: The 

 temperature was slightly above normal, with no marked ex- 

 tremes. Precipitation was much above normal, all sections 

 except northwestern Vermont having more than 1.5 inches, 

 with greatest amounts of nearlv 4 inches in the Merrimac 

 valley sections of New Hampshire and adjoining parts of 

 Massachusetts. Thunderstorms, with heavy showers and 



