part of which received no appreciable amount. Heavy rains 

 occurred in eastern ISTebraska and the northern portions of 

 Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, western Ohio and southwestern Mich- 

 igan. 



Week ending Septemher 9. — The mean temperature for 

 the week was above the normal throughout the States bor- 

 dering on the Atlantic and Pacific, in the Southern States, 

 and over the southern Plateau and southern Rocky Mountain 

 regions. The week was cooler than usual in the lower Mis- 

 souri, upper Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys, the average 

 daily deficiency in temperature being from 3° to 5°. The 

 precipitation for the week was above the normal in ISTew 

 England, the interior of the Middle Atlantic States and the 

 lower Michigan peninsula, from Kentucky and eastern Ten- 

 nessee southward in a narrow belt to northern Florida, in 

 parts of Arkansas and over most of Oklahoma. There was 

 a deficiency generally in the upper Mississippi and lower 

 Missouri valleys, over most of the Lake region, on the South 

 Atlantic coast, in southern Florida and central Alabama, over 

 most of Mississippi and Louisiana, and throughout the whole 

 of Texas. The rainfall for the week amounted to more than 

 2 inches in ISTew England. 



Week ending September 16. — The mean temperature for 

 the week was above the normal in the Atlantic coast districts. 

 Lake region and upper Mississippi and lower Missouri val- 

 leys, generally throughout the middle and southern Plateau 

 regions, and over portions of the northern and southern Pa- 

 cific coast regions. The departures were most marked in the 

 northern Lake region and New England, where they ranged 

 from 6° to 8°. The mean temperature was below the normal 

 in the lower Ohio valley, central Gulf States and middle 

 Pacific coast region, and from Minnesota westward to north- 

 ern Idaho. Very heavy rains fell along the central and east 

 Gulf coast and in central Pennsylvania. The precipitation 

 was below the average along the immediate Atlantic coast 

 northward of South Carolina, over the southern portion of 

 the upper Lake region and generally throughout the upper 

 Mississippi and Missouri valleys. 



