USSR WEATHER AND CROP INFORMATION, 9 - 21 MAY 1953

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• Publication Date: August 5, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION COTIL'I9 I TT L
S2CURITY i Oit: 'TIOil
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Geographic - Weather conditions
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INFORMATION FROM
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Daily newspaper
Moscow
10 - 22 Wry 1953
REPORT
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DATE OF
DATE DIST. J'A A 7 1953
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
J[indcrlired do:te:? .c_I?r ;.o day- of i ublicat or. 11 tenpern-
tures are in de;reec cr_rtiL;r%,t:j
r!n 9 Way, the weather ;raduai iv ---cane waroccr is the northwestern and central
ro,-ions of the European UPS?. Daytine `on'eratori: ver^_ '. rceu above zero
in ..rkhanCcl'at, 8 in Lcnin,;rrci ? 11 in %'a: cow, 1: In _a::' c:', 1!; in Orel, and 17
in Kursk. Cold weather continued :nd rain and ,n.;w fell In DDcloruscia, the
?,rnrtern Ukraine, and !doldavin. Noon tet;rerat_:rca verc dc-re. above zero in
Minsk, 5 in L'vov, 8 in Kiev, end 9 in 'F.ish!n
On 8 L?'ay, heavy rib s, t.ot.ali:r ca 'e .'_. ..;Le daces upp to 35 ;ail.li-112-r ~i meters durinlr the 2It-hoe: .icd. 1 .. Viadinircl:aya, for'hovskaya,
Ryazanska;ra, and Tambc.;i: _ ob,._st_. Duria he 12 .:our: of 9I-lay, the
rains continued it, the ,tern t:crtiran o rho c..,....,. re.-ion and in the rt;ddle
Volga Region. It one dry and very vL :?; in the en,-tern Ukrctne, Caucasus, Urals,
and Lower Volga 2c_,ion. Dn;Ttine torncratt?rer- r,-,ce tc 13-20 degrees; in Kirevr.kaya
Oblast, they reached 23 desarae On 2 %T-y, u;, 'co 15-30 millincters of rain fell
in Rostovskaya, southern Zaporozhrkaya, and 3talinchaya cultists, Dc.+npours also
occurred in those parts of Suratcvsl:ay;: and 'Wuybyche?lshay oblentr lying east
of the Volga River.
The warm weather prevailin ; jr the Louth end e. ...e nronotin- the _2?owt.h
of crops. Spring wheat hod sprouted in U_'yonovsi:?_ ?e nd V,-.-u
Winter grains iind steamed out in I?:uybyshevci:aya Ci:L-:et. In Khar'kocr%a;r: Oblast,
sugar beets had sprouted and burley had entered the t.,rec-lea.' rtar'c. T::c con-
dition of spring crop: was very goofl to excellent ..:rywhere.
It wan dry end warn in t:;e Ccrtral sicr? r^_publ_cc, we.^.tern Kazachsi n,
and Siberia. Daytimentemperatures were l~- de,Rrccs in Cnch and ,kt-yubinck, 20
in Akmolinsk, and 23 in Tanh':rent. It. bccano ceder in eastern '.eslcrn Siber`_,:
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and rain was falling at some places. Spring wheat had sprouted around Darnaul
and Minusinsk; it was entering the bushing stage in Tashkentskaya Oblast. Winter
wheat was entering the bushing stage in Samarkandskaya Oblast. The condition
of crops was very good.
12 May
On 10 and 11 May, cool weather with precipitation prevailed in the western
European USSR. During a 24-hour period, about 15-20 millimeters of rain fell
in Odesskaya, Nikolayevskaya, and Kievskaya oblasts. Light rains fell in most
of the other Ulaainian oblasts and also in Krivskaya and Rostovskaya oblasts.
Very warm, mostly dry weather, favorable for the performance of field work
and the growth of agricultural crops, prevailed in the remaining, greater portion
of the European USSR and the Caucasus.
On 11 May, temperatures were sliGhtly lower and rains fell at some places
in the north and Urals.
On 11 May, daytime temperatures were about 8-10 deees it the north,
Baltic republics, Belorussia, and the Ukrrtne except for the southern portion:
in most other areas, they were about 13-15 degrees, but rose to 17 in Moscow
and Kuybyshev, 19 in Tambov, 21 in Saratov, 21'. in Makhachkala, and 26 in Yerevan,
Warm weather with precipitation prevailed in the eastern European USSR; it
speeded up the development of crops. Winter rye had stemmed out throughout the
territory south of a line running from Petrozavodek through Vologda to Kirov,
Well supplied with moisture, spring wheat was entering the bushing stage in the
southern Ukraine, the Crimea, and Northern Caucasus. Northward, to a line run.
ning from Tallin through Minsk, Gomel', Ryazan', Saransk, and Ufa, spring crops
were sprouting. Spring wheat was also sprouting at some places in Udmurtskaya
ASSR and Molotovskaya Oblast.
It was dry and warm in Kazakhstan and Western Siberia. Daytime temperatures
were 19 degrees in Akty-ubinsk, 16 in Semipalatinsk, and 15 in Novosibirsk and
Barnaul. Mostly dry, cool weather with temperatures of about 9-10 degrees pre-
vailed in Eastern Siberia.
Spring wheat was sprouting well in Kazakhstan, soutiern Novoeibirskaya
Oblast, and in Krasnoyarskiy Kray.
Very warm weather continued in the Central Asian republics; this was favor.
able for the growth of cotton, most of which had the first and in the south the
third permanent leaf. Cotton fields were in very good condition everywhere.
13 May
On 12 May, warm and mostly dry weati-.vorable for field work, continued
in the Urals. Volga Region, and the Northern Caucasus. It was cool and rain fell
during the night in the rest of the European USSR. Resins continued to fall in
Chuvashskaya and Mordovskaya ASSRs and .or'kovskaya and Vladimirakaya oblasts,
Rain also fell at some places in the portion of Saratovskaya Oblast west of the
Volga River.
Daytime temperatures were 6 degrees above zero in Minsk and Leningrad, 10
in Kiev, Kishinev, and Odessa, 15 in Kirov and Ufa, 16 in Saratov and Stalingrad,
17 in Rostov on the Don, and 21 in Krasnodar.
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lk May
On 13 May, cool weather with precipitation continued in most of the Furopean
USSR. It was very warm only in the Caucasus, Lower Volga Region, and southern
Urals. It was gradually becoming warmer in the Ukraine and Belorussia. Noon
temperatures were 9 degrees above zero in Leningrad, 10 in Syktyvkar, Kirov,
Vologda, Moscow, Voronezh, and Orel, 12 in Riga and Minsk, 13 in Lvov, Odessa,
and Kursk, 14 in Kiev, 15 in Dnepropetrovsk, and 16 in Voroshilovgrad and Rostov
on the Don.
. On 12 May, heavy rains tell in the Baltic republics, the Ukraine, and the
eastern central zone; at some places, they totaled 10-15 millimeters. Quite
heavy rains fell in Belorussia and the central regions. Light rains with thunder-
storms occurred in the Urals. Rains were continuing during the first 12 hours
of 13 May in the central regions and the Urals.
Spring crops which had been sown early were sprouting in the southern Urals;
orchards were beginning to blossom there.
It was cool in northwestern Siberia. In Tobol'sk, the daytime temperature
was only 5 degrees above zero as compared with 16 de,7ees the day before. In
the rest of Western Siberia, the weather was still very warm. Noon temperatures
rose to 20 degrees in Novosibirsk, 21 in Cask, and 24 in Barnaul.
On 15 May, the weather was warm and mostly dry in the northern and southern
European USSR but cool and rainy in the central zone.
Daytime trmneratures were 17 do -',ove zero in nrn -A wirov, 18 in Syk-
tyvkar and Vologda, 19 in Leningrad Ki.shincc. Odessa, and Stalingrad, but only 13
in Kursk. ]2 in Kiev and Saratov, and 10 in Minsk and Orel.
During the first. 12 heirs of the 24-hour r,eriod, precipitation totaled 5
millimeters in Sumsk,.ya and Cherni^ovek:c;ya ohl.asts, 7-8 in Ka_uzhskaya, Tul'sl:aya,
and Ryazanskaya oblasts, and about 10 in Caratnvsk:aya and Stalingradskaya oblasts.
Soil moisture was good everywhere, and the development of crops and growth
of grasses in pastures unn re.ua-ws was proceeding normally. Sowing of oats.was
continuing and transplanttof cabbage had begun in Arkhangel'skaya and Vologod-
skaya oblasts. In Ul'yunuvs,:aya Oblast, oats and sunflowers had sprouted.
Sowing of hemp was in progress in Kurskaya Oblast. In the Baltic countries,
potatoes were being planicd.
Warm weather continued to prevail in Western Siberia and northern Kazakhstan.
Light rains fell during the night in Ouskaya, Novosibirskaya, and Pavlodarskaya
oblasts. Daytime temperatures were 15 degrees above zero in Novosibirsk and
Barnaul, about 20 in Omsk and Toboi'sk. Sowing of crops was in general progress.
Winter crops were stemming out.
17 May
On 16 May, warm, dry weather prevailed in most if the European USSR, but
it was cool in Belorussia, the western portion of the central chernozem zone,
and the Ukraine. Noon temperatures were 18 degrees above zero in Moscow and
Voronezh, 19 in Riga, Leningrad, and Arkhangelsk, 20 in Vologda and Gor'kiy,
21 in Syktyvkar and Stalingrad, 24 in Voroshilovgrad, 26 in Krasnodar, and 27
in Rostov on the Don.
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Heavy r ainr,, tc,.clin- 2R-10 mii'! i?,:~+.:i:_ z, I r the T,~,.!cr 'and
Middle Vol, ,:n re,?ions nr7 t .... 1,a-; i :,ut.:rrn Ukraine.
On 16 61ay, rains were cc;ntinu.inl- to f'?`'_1 Ir Pc7:_ r:t
Spring wheat had begun to uteri out in ti-.e u?ja'.i.: n Uc:.ine; sprint; crops
were sprouting in the central re isms crd th? 7:?.. :iutcr aia: had stemmed out
in the central regions and acre i;cadln in the :southern p,:rtcof these regions.
The weather was coo'_ and qui.kc i:_ .c::'... _.. ....tc=.. fiborie. In
Kazakhstan :nd Central _? cur:u.'.]
in Sy1ct;,?v1;ar, 22 in Kirov.
19 Ma :?
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the performance of ::or':.
to flower and mulnu ..d be _..
Rovenni:ays Cb's-.t
In Western .,:U; . _: ex rhure tcmperatta?e
variations, dnrin;; t.., 12 -7 ; cleproen above
zero during the dry ';at droprcd tc: nli-t?tl hu lna 1???^c: in;; night.
In Eastern :fiber _ :e .: c? ... c^_ co;. ::e 0001 :, atures were
9 degrees above zero in Ir:....,: -:n3 ? :'sins fell in the
Tranebaykal reuic,n.
plums, and ,,tae-- wore
Dnrlnr thn fir-,'-- 12 ,tn....
sonic parts of the an,-, millimeter R .fine :'_ac '.
u: : ene 23 deuces
a., 23 in Stalingrad.
5 ce;r ccs in Riga
r'.c:]aural crops and
:., alfalfa had begun
a1: a ad, and
_rn U1:raine, Crimea,
It ,xte cool in iir'?.; . rid i:o^..c' ...: _ and =.Maya'::iy and
1Urasnoyarskiv kra, . P: _.?.c do..reo:; above zero in
Novosibirsk, Barnuul, rnd ;fr onc,7;_r: '.. ?
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On 20 as on 19 May, quite heavy rains fell in Arkhangel'skaya Oblast and
Komi ASSR. Light rains also continued to fall in Kuybyshevskaya and Chkalovskaya
,blasts and in many areas of the Ukraine. There was no precipitation in the
rest of-the European USSR. Daytime temperatures were only 6 degrees above zero
in Arkhangelsk and Syktyvkar, but 22 in Kuybyshev, 25 in Chkalov, and 30-31 in
Stalingrad and Voroshilovgrad; in the rest of the European USSR, they ranged
between 21 and 25 degrees.
Spring wheat was stemming out in the southern Ukraine; -:inter rye was
heading in Kamenets-Podol'skaya and Nikolayevskaya oblasts; 'tatoes were
emerging from the ground in the area around Sinel'nikovo in Dncpropetrovskaya
Oblast.
It was considerably warmer in Western Siberia; daytime temperatures were
22 degrees in Omsk and 15 in Novosibirsk and Barnaul. In Eastern Siberia, it
became cooler during the 24-hour period; the daytime temperature was only 6
degrees above zero in Irkutsk.
Dry, hot weather prevailed Generally in Central Asia. Conditions for the
growth of cotton were good.
22 May
On 21 May, cooler weather, which began on 20 Dtay in the far northeast, spread
to the Urals. Daytime temperatures dropped to 6 degrees above zero in Kirov,.7
in Sverdlovsk and Ufa, and 10 in Kazan'. The cooler weather was accompanied by
light rains in Molotovskaya and Kirovskaya oblasts and Tatarskaya and Bashkirskaya
ASSRs. During the next 21; hours, the cooler weather was expected to spread
south of these regions; during the night of 23 May, light frosts right be pos-
sible north of a line running from Gor'kiy to Kuybyshev, Chkalov, Kustanay, and
Omsk.
In the rest of the European USSR, the weather remained warm, slightly cloudy
but dry.
Winter wheat had stemmed out almost everywhere, had begun to head in the
Kuban', was flowering in the steppe areas of Azerbaydzhan, and had even reached
the milky maturity stage in a few areas.
Temperatures dropped somewhat in the region east of the Urals and in Omskayn
Oblast; the daytime temperature in Omsk was 17 degrees above zero. In the rest
of Western Siberia, it was slightly warmer; daytir..e temperatures in Novosibirsk
and Barnaul were 23 degrees.
Cool weather continued in Eastern Siberia; temperatures were 10 degrees
in Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk.
Dry, hot weather continued in the Central Asian republics. Winter wheat
was flowering in the Uzbek and Tadzhik SSRs; it was setting grain in the Turkmen
SSR.
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