USSR WEATHER AND CROP REPORTS

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• Publication Date: September 17, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION S-E-C-R-E-T SECRET
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Geographic - Weather
Economic - Crops
HOW
PUBLISHED Thrice-weekly newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Moscow
DATE
PUBLISHED 11 - 23 Aug 1951
LANGUAGE
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
DE INE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF ESPIONAGE ACT SG
REVELATION
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NIRITEDD RT CONTENTS REP,.DU CTION OF THIS FORM OISI OHI SITED, IS PRO IN AN' WARNER TO AN
Sovkhoznay? Gazers
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1951
DATE DIST. 17 Sep 1951
NO. OF PAGES 3
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
USSR WEATHER AND CROP REPORTS
12 :-2-? August 1951
11 August. 1951
No report was issued on 11 August,
14 August 1951
On 12 August, very warm weather without precipitation prevailed in most of
the Ukraine, the Volga Region, Crimea, and Caucasus. Showers and thunderstorms
were recorded in the northern and central European USSR, in Belorussia, and the
western Ukraine. Locally, the amount of precipitation which fell in the western
Ukraine exceeded 20 millimeters.
During the first 12 hours of 13 August, rain fell locally in the central
European USSR and in Chernigov and Sumy oblasts. :oon temperatures on 13 August
were 18 degrees in Petrozavoisk, 20 in Leningrad, Moscow, and Lvov, 21 in Kursk, 2
VoKiev and Orel, 27 ronezh, Kishinev,iand Odessa, and 32bin, 29
Tam inTSiimferopoll',an dChkalov`, 304 in
Krasnodar.
Warm weather continued in Kazakhstan and most of West Siberia. Quite heavy
rains, exceeding 15 millimeters locally, fell. in southern Khrbarovsk Kray. On
13
and 26 Auguitn, Omsk daytime
and tempeatures hout Si st has
Spring wheat Omskrand VovosibirskToblastsrasgwell asbinimostTagricultural
begun in northern
areas of Krasnoyarsk Kray,
It is reported that sowing of winter rye has begun in some areas of Omsk,
Novosibirsk, and Kemerovo oblasts. Sowing of winter rye has also begun in Altay
and Krasnoyarsk krays.
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16 August 1951
On 14 and 15 August, hot, dry weather prevailed in most Of the European USSR.
During the first 12 hours of 15 August, light rains were recorded in Belo-
russia and locally in the northern Ukraine' Noon temperatures on 15 August were
16 degrees in Petrozavodsk and Riga, 19 in 25 in LeningradKiev, 20 and 0e in '?sa, 28 Sverdlovsk in and Minsk,
Krasnodar
24 in Veli likiye Lukiki, r i.rov rov, and Kishinev,
and Nal'chik, 30 in Moscow, Voronezh, Dnepropetrovsk, and Tbilisi, and 33 in Gor'-
kiy, Kuvbyshev, Stalingrad, and Simferopol'.
Somewhat cooler weather accompanied by rain was observed in West and East
Siberia, On 15 August, daytime temperatures were 15 degrees in Krasnoyarsk, 16
in Tobol'sk, 20 in Novosibirsk, and 23 in Omsk.
Pot, dry weather continued in Kazakhstan and Central Asia.
Sowing of winter rye has begun in the Urals and in some areas of Bashkiria.
Sowing of winter rye is also in progress in northern Kuybyshev Oblast and locally
in Chkalov Oblast.
Weather conditions in most of the cuuntry have been favorable for the grain
hervest
18 August 1951
On 16 and 17 August, hot, dry weather was observed in the eastern and south-
eastern European USSR and in Komi Bin"YelCool l l weather prevaiiled led iiahe rest oo f the ,
the European USSR- On 16 August,
western central region, and in Arkhangelsk Oblast,
and Leningrad,
temperatures on 17 August were 17 degrees in Riga 18 in
Minsk and Orel, 22 in Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, and Sverdlovskd:Rostov 23 in Moscow and
Tambov, 2k in Voronezh and Kishinev, 26 in Kirov, Kazan',
28 in Stalingrad, Tbilisi, and Yerevan.
Cool, slightly cloudy weather was also observed in West Siberr ia. OOnki714 in
August, daytime temperatures were 12. degrees in Novosibirsk, 13
Krasnoyarsk, and 17 in Barnaul. It was warm and slightly cloudy in southern
Kazakhstan and Central Asia.
The moderately warm and wet weather was very good for root and tuber crops.
Sowing of winter rye has begun in Kirov and Vologda oblasts and also in
..ome areas of the central regions..
21 August 1951
On 19 and 20 August, slightly cloudy, dry, and hot weather with daytime
temperatures of about 32-36 degrees continued to prevailtinrthenVolgad egionaand
in the Urals. In the rest tile European USSR,
warm and cloudy with heavy local
On 19 August, heavy rains exceeding 20 millimeters locally fell in Moldavia
and Georgia. Quite heavy rains also fell inithe WorthoCaucasus,Beastern Urai.e,
first 12 houfell in sia
rs of 20 August, the precipita-
and in the central i Du zone. the Light
tion the northern regions. During
tion zone spread into the central regions.
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The rain which fell moistened the upper layers of the soil and created
favorable conditions for the germination of seeds and growth of shoots of winter
crops,,
Sowing of winter rye is proceeding normally in most of the northern half of
the European USSR. Sowing of winter rye has also begun in the southern central
chernozem zone.
Weather conditions in most areas have been favorable for carrying out the
harvest,
Warm, dry weather favorable for the grain harvest continued in West Siberia.
On 20 August, daytime temperatures were 26 degrees in Omsk and 28 in Tobol'sk.
Dry, hot weather favorable for the growth of cotton continued in Central
23 August. 1951
ly cloudy, dry, and very warm weather continued
On 21 and 22 August, slight
in most of the European USSR
it became considerably cooler in the northeast d,
Kirov, 10 Sverdlovsk,
gust, noon temperatures rose to only 9 degrees
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Syktyvkar OrUkraineel.
NortheCau asus
Ust'-Tsillma, 14
were 30-35 35
and d 20-25 degrees in the central and western regions. e ea
l zone
On 21 August, considerable ecipitation fell in easternscentral fell
and locally in the Ukraine. During the
in the Urals,
The warm and mostly dry weather has been favorable for
lateeripening of
spring grains. Spring wheat has reached waxy
Vologda, and Arkhangelsk oblasts, In areas farther north, it has reached milky
maturity.
Winter rye is already sprouting in the northeast and in the Urals. Rye which
was sown early is also sprouting locally in the central chernozem zone .,nd in
the eastern Ukraine.
0 22 August, it became considerably colder and rain fell in West Siberia.
Noon temperatures were 14 degrees in Krasnoyarsk, 15 in Omsk, and 17 in Novo-
sibirsk.,
Spring grains have matured throughout West Siberia. In many areas, winter
rye has begun sprout. of winter grainKrays progress under favorable
conditions in southern Omsk Oblast and
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