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The very dry weather started in Juno, when the entire country- 
east of the Rocky Mountains, except Florida, had deficient rainfall. 
Luring the summer the country lying "between the Hocky Mountains and 
the Appalachians experienced unprecedently hot, dry weather, rainfall 
over large areas "being less than half of normal. There was some lack 
of rain in the Eastern States. In the States west of the Rocky Mount- 
ains rainfall was above normal. 
August "brought rain to the Northeastern States, the Lake region, 
the Upper Mississippi and Ohio Valleys, small isolated areas in the 
Gulf and South Atlantic States, parts of Colorado, and much of the 
Great lasin and plateau regions; "but over more than half of the coun- 
try, embracing the heart of the agricultural region, the rainfall was 
markedly deficient. In September rainfall was above normal over most 
sections east of the Rocky Mountains, except the northern Plains States, 
"bringing to a close one of the most disastrous droughts in the history 
of the United States. 
A comparison of the weather with insect conditions represented 
in reports r: ceiyedttvy the Insect Pest Survey, brings out some inter- 
esting correlations. Observations made from the reports on a few in- 
sects are cited, to illustrate the possibilities of the use that might 
be made of extensive and complete reports on tne distribution of insects. 
A high winter mortality was reported for several species of in- 
sects, and especially those species that have pushed thoir range north- 
ward during the last few years of mild winter weather. The 'Winter of 
193^~35 7;a -S abnormally cold only in the northeastern part of the 
country. 
The San Jose scale was reported as having "been almost completely 
v.'iped out above the snow line in areas in the East Central States, where 
in recent years it has been reported as increasingly destructive, as 
v/ell as advancing northward in its range. In 1933 the scale was re- 
ported in some abundance in areas in the Northeastern States. In the 
Spring of 193^ high winter killing was reported, although reports of 
injury followed during the summer. In 193? very few reports vere re- 
ceived from that region, and in 1936 only t\vo reports were veo-iv, d 
fro« northeast of the Potomac Hi,var. Or. the other hand, the European 
elm scale, a northern species, evidently experienced no abnorroal winter 
mortality. 
