southern Rockj Mountain regions, Oklahoma, northern Texas, 

 southern Arkansas, northern Louisiana, the lower Missouri, 

 central Mississippi and Red River of the North valleys, 

 northern New England, and over portions of the Lake region 

 and Ohio valley. There was less than the usual rainfall over 

 the greater part of the Lake region and Middle Atlantic and 

 Gulf States, the southern portion of the central valleys and 

 the upper Missouri valley. 



Week ending August 12. — The mean temperature was 

 nearly normal in the upper Ohio valley, the Middle and 

 South i\.tlantic States, southern California and Arizona. It 

 was slightly above normal in the upper Mississippi and lower 

 Ohio valleys, Lake region and New England, and decidedly 

 above normal in the Missouri valley. The week was de- 

 cidedly cool in the middle and northern Plateau regions and 

 over the greater part of Oregon and Washingtoi^. The pre- 

 cipitation was above normal in western Montana, northern 

 Idaho, Washington and the coast regions of Oregon and 

 northern California, throughout the lower Missouri, central 

 Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys, and in the eastern por- 

 tions of the middle Atlantic coast States. The precipitation 

 was below normal from the upper Missouri and upper Miss- 

 issippi valleys eastward to the New England coast, in the 

 upper Ohio valley and the interior of the Atlantic coast 

 States. 



Week ending August 19. — The mean temperature differed 

 but slightly from the normal in the lower Lake region, Ohio, 

 central Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys, and along the 

 Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts, being slightly deficient in 

 portions of the lower Lake region and Middle Atlantic States, 

 and generally somewhat in excess in the other districts men- 

 tioned. In the middle and northern Plateau regions it was 

 considerably below the normal. Heavy rains fell in the lower 

 Missouri, upper Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys, over the 

 western portion of the upper Lake region, and in portions of 

 the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas and 

 extreme southern Louisiana. There was more than the aver- 

 age precipitation over limited areas in the upper Missouri and 

 the Red River of the North valleys. The precipitation was 



