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country east of the Rocky Mountains, the departures from 

 the normal being unimportant. The week was somewhat 

 cooler than usual in the upper Missouri valley, middle and 

 northern Rocky Mountain districts, central Plateau region, 

 the eastern portion of the lower Lake region and the interior 

 of northern ISTew England where the temperature deficiency 

 ranged from 3° to 6° per day. Very heavy rains fell in the 

 Ohio, upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys, on the South 

 Atlantic coast and in central and northern Texas, and there 

 was more than the average over the greater part of the Lake 

 region and in portions of New England and the central and 

 east Gulf States. The weekly precipitation was less than the 

 normal over the northern portion of the upper Lake region, 

 in the immediate coast districts from southern ]^ew Eng- 

 land to Virginia, in southern Florida and over a consider- 

 able part of the Gulf States. 



Weeh ending July 22. — The mean temperature was above 

 the normal over the central portion of the middle Rocky 

 Mountain slope, in the lower Missouri valley and in the dis- 

 tricts eastward of the Mississippi River, except on the Mid- 

 dle Atlantic coast, where it was nearly normal. The excess 

 was generally about 3° per day. The mean temperature was 

 below the normal over the interior of California, on the north 

 Pacific coast, in the Plateau and Rocky Mountain regions 

 and upper Missouri valley and over the greater part of Texas. 

 The rainfall was excessively heavy in the central Missouri 

 and upper Mississippi valleys, over the southern portion of 

 the upper Lake region and in portions of the upper Ohio 

 valley and Middle Atlantic States. The western portion of 

 the lower Lake region and the interior portions of the Mid- 

 dle Atlantic States and ISTew England received from 1 inch 

 to more than 2 inches. Generally throughout the southern 

 States the rainfall was much below the average. 



Special Telegraphic Reports. 



[Weather Bureau, Boston.] 



Week ending July 1. — ISTew England. Boston : The mean 

 temperature was seasonable, the maximum being near 90° 

 the first of the week. The precipitation was above the nor- 



