The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-13
WEEKLY REPORT OF
THE WEATHER. BUREAU
Unusual Conditions Prevailed
in Various Sections.

The Weather Bureau issued the follow
ing this afternoon:
The week ending a. m. Nay u, aver
aged decidedly cool from the upper Mis-
souri, Valley eastward to the New Eng
land coast, the daily temperature de-
ficiency ranging from degrees to 6 de-
grees in the UPPER Mississippi and Red
River of the North Valleys. and over the
greater portion of the lake region and
northern New England The week was
slightly. cooler than usual in the upper
Ohio Valley. over the northern portion of
the Middle Atlantic States and in Texas,
in which districts the average daily de-
hcfe1cy ranged from 1 degree 10 de-
grees. Elsewhere the week was warmer
than usual, the daily temperature excess
ranging from 3 degrees to s degrees over
the south Atlantic and east Gulf States,
generally throughout the Missouri Valley
and Rocky Mountain regions and on the
Pacific Coast, except in the interior Of
California, the excess being most marked
over the plateau districts, middle Rocky
Mountain Slope and the interior portions
of the east Gulf and South Atlantic States.
East Of the Rocky Mountains the
maximum, or day, temperatures were be-
low so degrees over the northern dis
tricts east Of the Mississippi VALLEY. and
exceeded 90 degrees only over the region
TO the southwark Of the Ohio and east OF
the lover Mississippi River.
Freezing temperatures occurred in the
central and northern Rocky Mountain
districts and from northern Minnesota
eastward TO the New England coast
Throughout the central valleys the mini
mum. or night, temperatures generally
ranged from % degrees TO 50 degrees
over the northern porticn Of the Gulf
States from 59degrees to 50 degrees; and
along the South Atlantic coast from SO
degrees 10 IS degrees.
East OF the Rocky Mountains CaIy a
very small area remains over which the
seasonal temperature from March l to
date is deficient the high temperatures
Of the past two weeks having overcome
the deficiency over q large area in the
south Atlantic and east Gulf States. The
area of deficiency embracing the Pacific
Coast and Rocky Mountain districts is
also somewhat reduced although the sea
fcient over the western plateau region
and over the interior portions Of the Pa
ciic Coast States. where II ranges from 1
degree to 3 degrees From the northern
Rocky Mountain region TO the New En-
gland and Middle Atlantic coasts and in
the vest Gulf states, the seasonal tenn
perature is in excess of the average. the
average daily departure from the normal
ranging from 2 degrees to degrees from
the Missouri Valley TO the New England
coast. being most marked over the north
err portions OF the lake region and New
England,
''Over considerable portion OF the
upper Lake region, upper Mississippi and
Red River On the Eorth Valleys. the
weekly rainfall amounted to more than
1 inch, and from ] TO inches fell in cast
ern Texas, portions OF Oklahoma, Arkan-
sas, and Louisiana. Limited areas in the
east Gulf and Middle Atlantic States, cen
trail Tennessee, western Missouri, and
eastern Kansas also received more than
/ inch Of rainfall. Very little rain fell
in the central CUR States, Ohio Valley.
portions Of the central Mississippi Valley,
lower Lake region. New England, and
over much of The Middle and South At
lantic States. there being no appreeiable
amount over considerable area extend
ing from southern. New England to Mary
land. The greater part of the Missouri
Valley, western Texas. and the Florida
Peninsula also received less than the
usual precipitation Light showers oc-
Cured on the Middle and North Pacific
Coasts. but except over limited areas the
weekly precipitation was lighter than
usual