USSR WEATHER REPORTS FOR APRIL 1953

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130107-7 CLASSIFICATggION CONFIDENTLAL CENTRALE~ITYLiG~~~~~Y REPORT INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO. COUNTRY ussR SUBJECT Geogrcphic -Weather conditions HOJV PUBLISHED Daily newspapers WHERE PUBLISHED USSR DATE PUBLISHED 1 - 3o Apr 1953 LANGUAGE Russian or Txt Y.I Tte tmu:.nxlx rx{.t?x l.D DI T n{ u. ucnDa of ?xD )I?. DI Tx1 Y.3. C00{. ? ?.1x0[D. ITf Tt?xfYliflOx OD .tY [? ??110. 01 ITt CD.T[.Tf TD Ottf:C1IIT /T ?. Y.?YTx OfII{D ?t.10. If DATE OF INFORMATION DATE DfST..? ~ 1953 nug 1953 N0. OF PAGES 9 SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT N0. ~umber.s in parentheses refer to appended sources; underlined dates refer to days of publication; all temperatures are given ir. degrees centigrade 1 April Yestex~lay during the day, cloudy with clerring weather prevailrcl in the Belorussian SSR. The highest temperature, 20 degrees above zero, was .recorded in Lel'chitsy (Polesskaya 'blast). Temperatures at 1500 hours were 19 degrees above zero in Gomel', 18 in Mogilev, 17 in P'..rsk, and 13 in Vitebsk and 14insk. The lowest temperature, 4 degrees above zero, was recorded in LT~ntupi (Piolo- dechnenskaya Ob7_~st).(1) 2 April Yesterday, during the day, variable cloudiness prevailed in the -elorussian SSR. Showers were re^orded at sore places in the northern portion of tl:,; Repub- lic. Temperatures at 15C0 hours were 8 degrees above zero ir. Polotsk, 9 in Grodnq, 10 in Minsk, 11 in Mogilev, 12 in Brest, 13 in Gomel', and 11F in Vasile- vichi.(1) This morning, slightly cloudy, cold weather prevailed in the Karelo-Fin- nish SSR, most of Arkhangel'skaya Oblast, Komi ASSR, the northern portion of the Baltic republics, and the northwestern portion of the central region of the European JSSR. Snow fell. at sdme places in the extreme southern portion of Arkhe.ngel'skaya Obin.st, Komi ASSR, and Vologodskaya Oblast. Frosts were re- corded in the eastern and southeastern regions of tite European USSR. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130107-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130107-7 Temperatures at 0700 hours this morning were 12 degrees be}.ow zero in Mur- mansk; lU below in Arkhangelsk; 9 below in Nar'yan-Mar; 6 below in Tallin; 5 below in Leningrad; 4 below in Petrozavodsk; 2 below in Riga az~d Kuybyshev; one degree below iero in Smolensk, Stalingrad, and Kirov; zero in Kharkov, Saratov, and Chkalov; one degree above zero i:.Kaliningred a~ Kazan'; 2 in Gor'- kiy and Molotov; 3 in Astrakhan , Rostov and Orel; k in Odessa, 5 in Yalta, 6 in Kiev, and 8 in Sochi. Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was one degree above zero; it was 3 degrees at noon today.(2) 3 April Yesterday during the day, variable cloudiness prevailed in the Aelorussian SSR. Light rains fell in the southeastern half of the republic. Temperatures at 1500 hours were 4 degrees above zero in Polotsk, 6 in Mogilev, 7 in Gomel', 8 in Minsk, 9 in Baranovichi, 10 in Pinsk and Grodno, and 12 in Brest.(1) the morningaaand 4edegrees above zerondurinWethe3daegrees below zero during g Y?(3) 4 April Yesterday during the day, cloudy with clearing weather prevailed in the Belorussian SSR. Temperatures at 1500 hours were 3 degrees above zero in By- chikha, 4 in Polotsk, 5 in Vitebsk, 6 in Borisov, 7 in Minsk, 8 in Lida,,g ::n Baranovichi and Slutsk, 10 in Grodno, 11 in Gomel', 12 in Mozyr', and 16 in Brest. (1) Last night's lowest temperature in Moscrn+ was one degree below zero; it was 5 degrees above zero at noon today.(2) 5 April Yesterday, slightly-cloudy weather prevailed in the Belorussian :,SR. Temp- eratures at 1500 hours were 8 degrees above zero in Bychikha, 9 in Gomel', 10 in Vitebsk, 11 in Mogilev and Polotsk, 12 in Afinsk, 13 in Pinsk, 14 in Grodno, and 15 in Brest.(1) Yesterday's temperatures in Leningrad were 5 3egrees above zero durirg the morning, end 9 degrees during the day.(3) 6 npril Last night's lowest temperature 'n Moscow was zero; it was 8 degrees above zero at noon today.(2) 7 April Yesterday during the day, cloudy weather prevailed in the Belorussian SSR. Precipitation in the fora of ruin and snow was recorded at some places in the eastern portion of the republic. Temperatures at 1500 hours were 2 de- grees above zero in Mc311ev, 3 in Polotsk, ~~ in Minsk and Gwne1', 6 in Grodno, and 7 n Breat.(1) Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130107-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130107-7 Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was ~: degrees above zero; it was 6 degrees at noon today.(2) 8 April Yesterday during the day, overcast weather prevailed in the Belorussian SSR. Rains fell at some places. Temperatures at 1500 .curs were 6 degrees above zero 1n Polotsk and Vitebsk, 7 in Mogilev 9 in Minsk, 10 in Grodno, ll. in Gomel' and Pinsk, and 13 in Lel'chitsy.(lj Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 7 degrees above zero; it was 10 degrees at noon today.(2) Yesterday's temperatures in Leningrad were 2 degrees above zero during the morning, and 4 degrees d~.rring the day.(3) 9 April Yesterday during the day, cloudy with clearing weather prevailed in the Belorussian SSR. Showers were recorded at some places. Temperatures at 1500 hours were 6 degrees above zero in Minsk, Polotsk, and Orsha; 7 in Lida s~.xi Borisov; 8 in Mogilev, Gradno, Volknvysk, Bob n~ysk, and Brest; 11 in Mo- zyr'; and 12 in Begoml'.(1) Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was one degree above zero; it wan S degrees at noon today.(2) Yesterday's temperatures in Leningrad were ~~ degrees above zero during the morning, and 3 degrees during the day.(3) 10 April Yesterday during the day, slightly cloudy weather prevailed ir. the Belo- russian SSR. Temperatures at 1500 hours were 9 degrees above zero in Bychikha; 10 in Vitebsk, Polotsk, Mogilev, and Minsk; 11 in Gomel'; 12 in Grodno; 13 in Pinsk; and 14 in Brest.(1) Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 2 degrees above zero; it was 10 degrees at noon today.(2) Yesterday's temperatures it Leningrad were 2 degrees zbove zero during the morning, and 7 degrees during the day.(3) 11 April Yesterday during the day, cloudy weather prevailed in the Belorussian SSR. Rain fell in most of the republic. Temperatures at 15G0 hours were 5 degrees above zero in Drissa, 6 in Polotsk, 8 in Mogilev and Grodno, and 11 in Lel'- chitsy and Brest.(1) During the night of 11 April, temperatures dropped in the Belorussian SSR, Leningradskaya Oblast, a^.d the northwestern portion of the central region of the Europcsn USSR, including Moscow Oblast. Towards morning, temperatures in these areas dropped at some places to 2-4 degrees below zero. Warne weather prevailed in the rest of the European USSR. Rains fell in the Ukraine. Pre- cipitation was recorded in the form of rain and snow in the central regions oY the European USSR and in Komi ASSR. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130107-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130107-7 Lest night's lowest temperature in Moscow was one degree above zero; it was 4 degrees at noon today.(2) Yesterday's temperatures in Leningrad were one degree above zero during the morning, and 5 degrees during the day.(3) Yesterday during the day, slightly clouav weather prevailed in the Belo- russian SSR. 'lemperatur~s at 1500 hours were 5 degrees above zero in Polotsk and Mogilev; 6 in Minsk, Come', and Baranovichi; 7 in Mozyr'; 8 in Grodno and Brest; and 9 in Lel'chitsy.(1) 13 April This morning, slightly cloudy weather prevailed in the Belorussian SSR. Overcast weather with precipitation and strong winds prevailed in the eastern portion of the central region of the European USSR and at same places in the Volga Region Temperatures at 0700 hours this morning were 8 degrees below zero in Nar!- yan-Mar; 2 below 1n Vologda; one below in Rostov and Saratov; zero in Gor'kiy; one degree above zero in Arkhangelsk and Lvov; 2 in Murmansk, Chkalov, and Minsk; 3 in Kiev, Riga, and Leningrad; 4 in Molotov; 6 in Yalta; 8 in Astra- khan'; and 9 in Sochi. Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow .as 2 degrees below zero; it was 5 degrees above zero at noon today.(2) 14 April Yesterday during the day, slightly cloudy weather prevailed in the Belo- russian SSR. Temperatures at 15~ hours were 12 degrees above zero in Gamel', Slutsk, end Orsha; 13 in Minsk and Mozyr'; 14 in Bobryysk and Pruzhany; 15 in Brest and Volkovysk; and 1G in Grodno.(1) This morning, precipitation in the fom of rain and snox was recorded at some places in the central'and southeastern regions of the European USSR and the foothills of the Caucasus. Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 3 degrees above zero; it was 6 degrees at noon today.(2) 1 Aril Yesterday during the day, slightly cloudy weather prevailed in the Belo- russian SSR. Light rains fell at sote? places in the southeastern portion. Temperatures at 1j00 hours were 5 degrees above zero in Vitebsk, 6 in Mogilev, 8 is Gomel', 9 in Dtinsk, 10 in Polotsk, 12 in Pinsk, and 1~+ in Brest and Grodno.(1) This morning precipitation in the form of snow and rain was recorded at sane places in the ce~atral and eastern regions of the European USSR, the north- ern Ukraine, and Leningradskaya and Vologodskaya oblasts. Overcast, rainy weather prevailed in the Caucasus. Slightly cloudy weather without precipita- tion prevailed in the rest of the European USSR. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130107-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130107-7 Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 2 degrees above zero; it was 5 degrees et noon todgy.(2) Yesterday's temperatures in Leningrad were 6 degrees above zero during the morning, and 14 degrees during the day.(3) 16 April Yesterday during the day, clo?rdy with cleering weather prevailed in the Belorussian SSR. .Precipitation in the form of rain and ancw was recorded at some places, mostly is the northeastern portion of the republic. Temperatures at 1500 hours were 2 degrees above zero in Orsha, 3 in Polotsk, 6 in Mogilev, 7 in Minsk, 8 in Gomel', 11 in Grodno, and 14 in Brest.(1) This morning, rain fell in the Middle Volga Region, Kirovskaya end Arkh- angel'skaya oblasts, and the Karelo-Finnish SSR. Snow fell locally in Lenin- gradskaya Oblast. Mostly slightly cloudy weather without precipitation was re- corded in the rest o: the European USSR. Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was zero; it was 8 degrees above zero st noon today.(2) Yesterday's temperatures in Leningrad were 4 degrees above zero during the morning, and 7 degrees during the day.(3) 1 Aril Yesterda;? during the day, variable cloudiness prevailed in the Belorus- sian SSR. Temperatures at 1500 hours were 11 degrees above zero in Minsk; 12 in Polotsk and Slutsk; 13 in Grodno, Brest, end Lel'chitsy; and 14 in Gomei'.(1) This morning, warm weather and variable cloudiness without precipita- tion prevailed in most of the European USSR. Precipitatirz was recorded in northern Arkhangel'skeya Oblast and at some places in Komi ASSR and the Ukraine. Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 1~ degrees above zero; it was 12 degrees at noon today.(2) Yesterday's temperatures in Leningrad were 3 degrees above zero during the mrrting, and 7 degrees during the day.(3) 18 April Yesterday during the day, cloudy weather with rains prevailed in the Belorussian SSR. Temperatures at 1500 hours were 8 in Minsk, Baranovichi, and Mogilev; 9 in Slutsk; 10 in Bobruysk; 12 in Mozyr'; 13 in Grodno; and 14 in Gomel'.(1) Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 5 degrees above zero; it was 14 degrees at noon today.(2) Yesterday's temperatures in Leningrad were 8 degrees above zero during the morning, and 15 degrees during the day.(3) Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130107-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130107-7 1 Aril Yesterday during the day, there was scattered light rain. The tempera- ture ae 1500 hours vas 10 degrees above zero in Grodno; 12 in Polotsk and Pinsk; 13 in Comel' and Vitebsk; 14 in Minsk, Mogilev, and Brest; and 16 in Zhitkovichi.(1) Yesterday's temperatures in Leningrad were 7 degrees above zero during the morning, and 6 degrees during the day.(3) 20 April This morning, rains fell in some places of the northern, central, and southern regions of the European USSR, and the Caucasus. Temperatures dropped in the Karelo-Finnish SSR, the Baltic republics, and the Belorussian SSR. Warm weather prevailed in the eastern half of the European USSR. Temperatures at 0700 hours this morning were 4 degrees below zero in Mur- mansk; 2 belov in Leningrad; one below in Minsk; zero in Tallin; one degree above zero in Rige; 2 in Lvov; 3 in Smolensk and Arkhangelsk; 5 in Nar'yan- Mar; 7 in Orel, Kharkov, Saratov, and Ufa; 8 in Kiev and Molotov; 9 in Sykty- vkar, Vologda, Chkalov, Kuybyshev, Tambov, Voronezh, Rostov acid Odessa; 10 in Stalingrad, Yalta, and Sochi; 11 in Kishinev end Astrakhan'. Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 9 degrees above zero; i.t was 15 degrees at noon today.(2) 21 April Yesterday during the day, cool weather prevailed in the Belorussian SSR. Precipitation in the form of rain and srox prevailed in the northeaster.. por- tion of the republic. Temperatures at 1500 hours were one degree above zero in Mogilev, 2 in Vitebsk, 4 in Minsk, 5 in Polotsk and Baranovichi, 6 in Grodno, and 7 in Brest.(1) This morning, warm, mostly slightly cloudy weather prevailed in the east- ern and southeastern regions of the European USSR and the enstern portion of the central region. Cool weather prevailed in the Baltic republics, the Belo- russian SSR, and the western Ukraine. Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 8 degrees above zero; it was 14 degrees at noon today.(2) 22 April Yesterday during the day, precipitation in the form of snow and rain pre- vailed in the Belorussian SSR. Temperatures at 1500 hours were one degree ?above zero in Bobruysk, 2 in Mosyr' and Bragin, ? in Gomel', 1~ in Vitebsk, 5 in Polotsk, 6 in Minsk, 7 in Pinsk, and 8 in G,Todno and Breat.(1) Yesterday during the day, cold weather prevailed in the western portion of the European USSR and the Ukraine. Precipitation in the form of min and wet snow was recorded in the Ukraine, and in some p.tacea in the Karelo-Finnish SSR. Rains fell in the eastern portion of the Belorussian SSR end in the xestern portion of the central region of the European USSR. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130107-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130107-7 Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 8 degrees above zero; it was 15 degrees at noon today.(2) Yesterday's temperatures in Leningrad xere one degree above zero during the morning, and 2 degrees during the day.(3) Yesterday during the day, cloudy weather prevailed in the Belorussian SSR. Rains Yell in most of the republic, except the extreme xestern portion. Temperatures at 1500 hours.were 4 degrees above zero in Drissa, 5 in Minsk and Pinsk, 6 in Polotsk and Mogilev, g in Gc?odno and Vite'_3k, and 11 in Brest.(1) This morning, cloudy weather with rains prevailed in most of the Ukraine and the Belorussian SSR. Cloudy weather with precipitation in the forni of rain and snow prevailed in the northwestern portion of the European USSR. Warm, mostly slightly cloudy weather prevailed in the eastern and northeastern portion of the European USSR, and also in the northern portion of the central region of the European USSR. Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 2 degrees above zero; it was 14 degrees at noon today.(2) Yesterday's temperatures in Leningrad were 2 degrees a~~ve zero during the morning, and 6 degrees during the day.(3) 24 April Yesterday during the day, cloudy with clearing weather prevailed in the Belorussian SSR. Rains fell in some places in the southeastern and western portions of the republic. Temperatures at 1500 hours were 6 degrees above zero in Gomel'; 7 in Lei'chitsy; 8 in Mogilev, Brest, and Grodno; 9 in Polotsk; 10 in Minsk; and 11 in Shcharkovschin.(1) Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 4 degrees above zero; it was 14 degrees at noon today.{2) Yesterday's tee^eratures in Leningrad were 6 degrees above zero during the morning, and 13 negrees during the day.(3) 2 Aril This morning, cloudy weather with rains at some places prevailed in tY.e Lower Volga Region and the central chernozem zone. Percipitation in the form of rain and snow was recorded in the northern portion of Arkhangel'skaya Ob- last. Scattered~shoxerr fell in the Ukraine. Mostly ^lightly cloudy wea;;her without precipitation prevailed in the rest of the European USSR. Temperatures at 0700 hours this morning were 4 degrees above zero in Ros- tov; 5 in Kiev; 6 in'Murmansk; 7 in Yalta, Riga, Leningrad, and Molotov; t3 in Vologda; 9 in Astrakhan', Sochi, and Stalingrad; 10 in Kuybyshev and Gor'kiy. Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 5 degrees above zero; it was 16 degrees at noon today.(2) Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130107-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130107-7 26T April Yesterday during the day, variable cloudiness prevailed in the Belorussian. SSR. Scattered showers fell. Temperatures at 1500 hours were 7 degrees above zero in Mogilev; 8 in Orsha and Bobruysk; 9 in Gomel'; 10 in Pinsk; 11 in Mirek and Lida; 12 in Noyogrudok, Baraaovichi, and Brest; and 13 in Volkovysk.(1) Yesterday morning's temperatures were 13 degrees below zero on Dil:son Is- land, 4 degrees above zero in Minsk, 6 above in Kiev, 7 in Odessa, 8 in Riga, 9 in Arkhangelsk, 10 in Rostov on the Don, 11 in Tallin, 12 in Mosecw and 5ara- tov, and 13 in Sverdlovsk. Yesterday's temperatures in Leningrad were 10 degrees above zero during the morning, and 18 degrees during the day.(3) 27 April Last night's larest temperature in Moscow was 5 degrees above zero; it. was 9 degrees at noon today.(2) 28 April Yesterday during the day, cloudy, rainy weather prevails' in the eastern .portion of the Belorussian SSR. It was slightly cloudy in the rest of the re- publ.c. Temperatures at 1500 hours were 7 in Polotsk, 8 in Gomel', 9 in Minsk, 11 in Vasilevichi, 12 in Grodno, 13 ir. Brest, and 14 in Lel'chitsy.(1) 't`his morning, cloudy xith clearing weather prevailed in the central re- gions of the European USSR. Scattered light rains fell. Slightly cloudy, cool weather prevailed in the Baltic republics, Belorussian SSR, northern Ukraine, northern Arkhangel'skaya Oblast, and Komi ASSR. Warm weather pre- vailed in the rest of the European USSR. Temperatures at 0700 hours this morning were 5 degrees below zero in Nar'- yan-Ma^; zero in Tallin; 3 degrees above zero in Minsk; ~t in Leningrad; 5 in Riga, Smolensk, and Orel; 6 in Lvov; 7 in Arkhange7.'sk, Kiev; Kharkov, Voro- nezh, and Sarato:; 8 in Vologde, Kalinin, Tambov, and Rostov; y in Syktyvkar, Kuybyshev, Stalingrad, and Odessa; 10 in Molotov, Kishinev, and Yalta; 11 in Ufa; 12 in Astrakhan' and Sochi; and 15 in Chke].w. Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 7 degrees above zero; it was 12 degrees at noon today.(2} Yesterday's temperatue in Leningrad, during the morning and the day, xas 8 degrees above zero.(3) 2~ aPr~l Yesterday during the day, slightly cloudy wnrm xeather prevailed .n the Belorussian SSR. Temperatures at 15~ hours were 12 degrees above zero in Mogilev, 13 in Minsk and Mozyr', 14 in Vitebsk, 15 in V1leyka, 17 in Grodno, and 18 in Vysokiy.(1} Mostly cloudy weather prevailed this morning 1n the eastern regions of the European USSR and in the eastern portion of the central region. Scsttered light rains fell. Slightly cloudy weather, without precipitation, prevailed in the rest of the European USSR. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130107-7 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130107-7 1~,~,~.o,.u.~o .. Aer'yan-Mar, 2 degrees above zero in Murmansk and Arkhangelsk, 5 in Minsk and "Leaingred, 6 in_IGiar'kov, 8 in Kiev and Riga, 10 in Gor'kiy and Stalingrad, 17. inKKgbyshev and Molotov, 12 in Astrakhan' and Yalta, and 16 in Sochi. 10 degrees st noon today.(2) Lest aight!s lowest temperature in Moscow was 7 degrees above zero; it was also oan. .~c vim..... .._----- ~---- --- the republic. Temper:.tures at 15~ hours were 16 degrees nbove zero in Brest; _ _ -n .._-__-'' __~ nn r_ rase !~\ o_..~..~a ?.. a..,.~.,s +ho aav. variable cloudiness prevailed in the Belorus- SOURCES 1. Minsk, Sovetsksya Bel~russiya 2. Moscow, Vechernv'lya 1?Soskva 3. Leningradskaya Pravda -9- COIVFIDENT7AL Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130107-7