USSR WEATHER AND CROP REPORTS, 30 AUGUST - 12 SEPTEMBER 1951

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• Publication Date: October 10, 1951
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INFORMATION FROM
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COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Geographic - Weather conditions
Economic - Crop conditions
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USSR WEATHER AND CROP REPORTS,
30 AUGUST - 12 SEPTEMBER 1951
1 September 1951
On 30 and 31 August, warm, slightly cloudy weather continued in most of the
European USSR. Heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms were observed in the
central regions, Lower Volga Region, eastern Ukraine, and in the North Caucasus.
The rain which fell in the eastern Ukraine and the Lower Volga Region pro-
moted the swelling (nabukhaniyae)and sprouting of early-sown winter grain crops.
The warm, dry weather prevailing in the
USSR has hastened the ripening of spring grain crops there.
the barley harvest has begun in the Arkhangel'sk area.
4 September 1951
On 2 and 3 September, slightly cloudy, warm weather prevailed in most of
the European USSR. On 2 September, showers fell in the southern part of the cen-
tral zone, Belorussia, Ukraine, and Volga Region. During the first 12 hours of
3 September, rains and thunderstorms were recorded in the northwestern regions,
locally in the central regions, Komi ASSR, and in the Ukraine east of the Dnepr.
It became cooler in the Urals.
On 3 September, noon temperatures were 13 degrees in Sverdlovsk, 17 in Vel-
ikiye Luki, 18 in Minsk, 19 in Petrozavodsk, 20 in Orel and L'vov, 22inKursk,
Krasnodarsk, 25 VKurandgk
V Arkh 27rin Kazanand Rostov,on3the Don,oand2Kishinev, 28nin Chkaalov,t in
Simferopol', 30 in Kuybyshev, and 31 in Tbilisi.
It became cooler in West Siberia. On 3 September, daytime temperatures
were 10 degrees in Tobol'sk and 11 degrees in Omsk and Novosibirsk.
Slightly cloudy,'warm weather continued in Kazakhstan and Central Asia.
The temperature there was 25-30 degrees.
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The rains which fell have been very good for the growth and development
of winter grain sowings. In most of the country, winter rye and wheat have
winter grains have entered the bushing stage in Kirov
Early-sown
sprouted. The condition ofswintereryeaand wheat nsothe wings uiseexceptionallyegood. zone.
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and thunderstorms
On 4 and 5 September, cloudy weather with local showers
was observed in the northern half of the European USSR. Slightly cloudy and
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warm weather sofi September srainewasarecordedtintthe southern Urralsr,gMiddle
first 12 hours o of 5 5 , Volga Region, and locally in the northern central regions.
On 5 September, noon temperatures were daegdreLesvovin,Petrozavodsk,,1Kuyby8
22 in Syktyvkar, Moscow, Orel, shev and Kiev, 27 in Saratov, 28 in Kishinev, Rostov on the Don, and Odessa,
29 in Stalingrad, Simferopol', Krasnodar, and Yerevan, and 30 in Tbilisi.
Cool weather was observed in Siberia and most of Kazakhstan. During the
night of 5 September, frosts were recorded locally in northeastern Kazakhstan
and Altay Kray.
Winter rye has sprouted in all agricultural areas of Siberia. It is form-
ing the third leaf in Novosibirsk and Kemerovo oblasts. Winter grains are bush-
ing in the Urals.
8 September 1951
slightly cloudy weather continued in the Baltic
On 6 and 7 September, warm,
with ofothe , the
European USSRrest of countries, Belorussia, andhe Ukraine. locally the
weather was mostly cloudy with
On 7 September, noon temperatures were 14 degrees in Arkhangelsk and Ufa,
15 in Sverdlovsk, 16' in Kirov, 18 in Leningrad and Moscow, 20 in Tambov, Chka-
Saratov,
gand
grad,
and Krasnodar.
Moderately warm, slightly cloudy weather prevailed in Tyumen, Omsk, and Kur-
gan with iwarmn nin Kazakh-
stan and Central Asia.
Warm and dry weather in the southern Ukraine favored the corn and sunflower
harvest there.
11 September 1951
On 9 and 10 September, it became considerably cooler in most ofdthe.Eulo
andin degrees thin many e northern areas during the cooler weather
USSR. Temperatures the dropped 8-10
spd central regions, prevailed only
Belorussia,
was accompanied by rains and thunP~rstorms. Hot and dry
in the southern Ukraine, the CriL a, North Caucasus, and in West Kazakhstan Oblast.
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Or 10 September, noon temperatures were 7 degrees in Vologda, 9 in Petro-
zavodsk and Arkhangelsk, 10 in Syktyvkar and Sverdlovsk, 11 in Leningrad and
Gor'kiy, 12 in Kirov and Orel, 13 in Moscow, Kazan', and Minsk, 14 in Karsk and
Kuybyshev, 15 in Voronezh, Tambov, and Riga, 16 in Ufa, Saratov, Voroshilovgrad,
Dnepropetrovsk, and Kiev, and 20 in Kishinev. Daytime temperatures were 23 in
Chkalov, 26 in Stalingrad and Simferopol', 27 in Rostov on the Don, 28 in Kras-
nodar, and 30 in Yerevan.
On 9 September, heavy rains of more than 10 millimeters locally fell in the
Middle Volga Region, the central chernozem zone, Chkalov Oblast, the northern
Ukraine, and Belorussia. The rains moistened the soil well and created good con-
ditions for the sprouting and growth of winter grain sowings.
It became cooler in West Siberia. On 10 September, daytime temperatures
were 14 degrees in Novosibirsk; 15 in Omsk, 16-in Tobol'sk, and 18 in Barnaul.
Rain fell locally.
Cold weather prevailed in East Siberia
13 September 1951
On 11 and 12 September, slightly cloudy, cool, but dry weather prevailed in
most of the European USSR. It became considerably cooler in the North Caucasus
and Lower Volga Region. During the night of 11 September, frost was observed on
the ground surface in most northern and western regions. On 12 September, frost
was recorded in all central and locally even in the southern regions. A gradual
warming up had begun in the western regions.
On 11 September, quite heavy rains of more than 10 millimeters cynfell-
in the Caucasus, the southern Urals (including Chkalov Oblast), and in the
east.
The rain which fell in the southeast moistened the soil well and created
favorable conditions for the growth of sprouted winter grain sowings. Mass sow-
ing of winter grains has begun in the North Caucasus. It has already been com-
pleted in most other areas.
Early-sown winter grains have begun to sprout in the Ukraine; they have be-
gun bushing in the central chernozem zone and in the central regions.
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