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the normal, the deficiency being most marked in the northern 

 districts from the Dakotas eastward to the upper Lake re- 

 gion and in northern Xew England. On the middle At- 

 lantic coast and generally through the Southern States the 

 precipitation was above the normal. Over the middle Rocky 

 Mountain slope, generally throughout the Missouri valley, 

 and in the upper Mississippi and Ohio valleys, Lake region 

 and northern 'New England, there was less than the average 

 precipitation. 



Week eliding May 20. — The week was warmer than usual 

 in southern ISTew England, the Middle Atlantic States and 

 the eastern portions of the Lake region, also in the northern 

 and middle Plateau regions and on the Pacific coast. 

 Throughout the central valleys and Southern States the week 

 was colder than usual. Heavy rains occurred over an area 

 extending from the central and east Gulf coasts northward 

 to the central Mississij)pi, lower Ohio and lower Missouri 

 valleys. There was more than the average in the northern 

 portion of the upper Lake region and in some of the imme- 

 diate coast districts from !Rorth Carolina to jSTew England. 

 In the lower Lake region and upjDcr Ohio valley, and over 

 most of the interior of the Middle and South Atlantic States, 

 the rainfall was below the average. 



Week ending May 27. — The mean temperature Avas 

 slightly above normal in Florida and on the east Gulf coast, 

 in eastern Kansas and on the immediate Pacific coast. From 

 the west Gulf coast and Rio Grande valley northward to the 

 middle Rocky Mountain slope nearly normal conditions pre- 

 vailed. Elsewhere the mean temperatures were decidedly 

 below the normal, the w^eek averaging decidedly cold in all 

 northern districts from the Rocky Mountains to the ISTew 

 England coast. Very heavy rains occurred in the central 

 and west Gulf districts and from the northern Rocky Moun- 

 tain region eastward to the lower Lake region. Generally 

 throughout the Atlantic coast districts, except in portions of 

 the South Atlantic States, the precipitation was below the 

 average, only very light showers occurring in Xew England 

 and the ]\Iiddle Atlantic States. 



