Temperatuke and Rainfall foe the Whole Country. 



[From the National Weekly Weatheb Bulletin.] 



WeeJc ending September 7. — The mean temperature was 

 slightly above the normal over the entire region between the 

 Mississippi valley and the Rocky Mountains. Over the- 

 entire Rocky Mountain, Plateau and Pacific coast districts 

 the temperature was above the normal. The temperature 

 was below normal along the Atlantic coast from southern 

 "New England to the Carolinas, and over the Appalachian 

 region from Maryland to northern Georgia and in southern 

 Florida. The week was generally one of very light precipi- 

 tation, except along the immediate Atlantic coast from l^orth 

 Carolina to southern jS'ew England, where good rains oc- 

 curred during the early and latter parts of the week. Over 

 the west Gulf States, the Mississippi and Ohio valleys. Lake 

 region, western Pennsylvania and ISTew York, and the greater 

 part of ISTew England, the precipitation was markedly de- 

 ficient. Practically no rain occurred over the upper Mis- 

 souri valley, the Rocky Mountain, Plateau and Pacific coast 

 districts. 



Week ending September IJf.. — The mean temperature con- 

 tinued above the normal over the districts between the Mis- 

 sissippi River and the Rocky Mountains, and the area of 

 excess extended westward to the Pacific and eastward to the 

 Appalachian Mountains and ITew England, embracing all of 

 the United States except a narrow strip along the Atlantic 

 coast from southern ISTew Jersey to Florida, and a few 

 points on the Gulf coast. The week was practically rainless 

 over the entire region from the Rocky Mountains eastward 

 to the Atlantic, except for local showers along the Atlantic 

 coast from Virginia to Florida, over the southern portion 

 of the Gulf States, central and northern Texas, portions of 

 western Arkansas, and at a few points in western South 

 Dakota, central Minnesota and southern Wisconsin. 



Week ending September 21. — The mean temperature for 

 the week was abnormally high over all the interior districts 

 of the United States, making the fourth consecutive week of 

 this condition. Over the central valleys and the Lake region 



