USSR WEATHER AND CROP REPORTS (28 JUNE - 4 JULY 1951)

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• Publication Date: August 2, 1951
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
CLASSIFICATION S-E-C-R-E-T
SUBJECT Geographic - Weather
Economic - Crops
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USSR WEATHER AND CROP REPORTS
2 June -T suly 1951
On 28 and 29 June, clear hot weather continued in most of the European
USSR. Warm cloudy weather with showers and thunderstorms was observed in the
western and northwestern regions,. Rain also fell in some areas of the Kaxelo-
Finnish SSR, Arkhangel'ek Oblast, and Komi ASSR.
The hot dry weather is promoting the rapid growth of agricultural crops.
According to reports Yrom northern Kharkov and southern Kursk oblasts, winter
rye has reached the waxy stage there.
Winter rye has reached the milky stage around Kaluga; it has begun to
bloom in northern Vologda Oblast. Because of favorable weather conditions, the
harvest of winter grains is in progress in the central and southern Ukraine and
in the North Caucasus.
Cool cloudy weather with rain continues in most oY West Siberia and in
northern and ea.atern Kazakhstan. Quite heavy rains (more than 4 millimeters dur-
ing-the 24-hour period) Yell in some areas in Omsk, Tyumen', and Novosibirsk
obiasts.
On 1 July, cloudy weather with rain was observed in most of the European
USSR. In the western ead central regions, Volga region, and Ukraine, the rain
consisted oY showers and local thunderstorms.
On 2 July, noon temperatures were 15 degrees in Petrozavodsk, 16 in Vologda
and Moscow, 17 in Velikiye Luki, Minsk, Orel, and Tambov, 18 in Kirov, Riga,
Lvov; Kiev, and Kursk, 19 in Voronezh, 20 in Gor'kiy, 21 is Kishinev and Odessa,
22 in Dnepropetrovsk and Voroshilovgrad, 23 in Simferopol', 24 is Rostov-on-Don
and Ufa, 25 in Nal'chik, 26 in Stalingrad and Ysasnodax, 27 in Sverdlovsk and
Yerevan, 28 in Ssratov, 30 in Chkalov, and 31 in Kuybyshev.
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In Siberia, the weather was warm. Rain fell in Omsk, Tomsk, and Novo-
sibirsk oblasts and in Krasnoyarsk Kray.
The hot dry weather is promoting the rapid growth of agricultural crops.
Winter wheat has entered the waxy stage in the so~rthern Ukraine. and southern
Saratov and Voronezh oblasts. Because of favorable weather conditions, the
harvest of winter grains is being completed in Krasnodar and Stavropol' kraysJ
the Crimea, and in Izmail' and Ddessa oblasts.
Winter rye is blooming in Siberia. It is entering the milky stage in
pltay Kray and southern Novosibirsk Oblast.
5 JAY 1951
On 3 July, cloudy weather with rain was observed in most of the European
USSR: In the Ukraine, Crimea, and North Caucasus, slightly cloudy weather
without precipitation prevailed. During the first 12 hours of b July, rain
fell only in Kiev and Zhitomir oblasts and in the northwestern European USSR.
On 4 July, noon temperatures were 12 degrees in Kirov, 13 in Velikiye
Luki, 14 in Syktyvkar, 15 in Leningrad, Riga, and Minsk, 17 in Vologda and
Kazan', 18 in Sverdlovsk, Ufa, Gor'kiy, and Moscow, 19 in Lvov, 2C in Arkh-
angelsk, Orel, Saratov, Kurak,~and Kiev, 21 in Chkalov and Kuybyshev, 22 in
Tambov, Voronezh, and Na1'chik, 2~+ in Kishinev and Makhachkala, 25 in Krasno-
dar, 26 in Dnepropetrovsk, Voroshilovgrad, Stalingrad, Rostov-on-Don, Simferopol',
and Odessa, and 29 in Yerevan.
Hot and mostly dry weather prevailed in West Siberia, KazakY,atah, and
Central Asia
Spring wheat has reached the wary stage in the extreme southern Ukraine,
North Caucasus, and southern Rostov and Stalingrad oblasts. In most of the
Ukraine, it is in the milky stage Spring wheat is blooming or heading in
Belorussia, in many areas of the central regions, and in the Tatar and Bashkir
ASSR. It has also reached the heading and blooming stages in Kazakhstan and
southern Weat Siberia. '
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