USSR WEATHER AND CROP INFORMATION, 9 - 23 JULY 1953

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• Publication Date: September 23, 1953
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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATIOII
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
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Geographic - Weather conditions
Economic -Crop conditions
Daily newspaper
REPORT
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DATE DIST..'~3 Sep 1953
SUPPLEMENT TO
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USSR WEATRER AND CROP INFORMATION 9 - 23 Jul 1953
underlined dates refer to d~ya of publication. All tempera-
tures are in degrees centigrade.
10 July
On 9 July, as on preceding days, overcast weather with rain prevailed
to most of the northern half of the European USSR. It was slightly cloudy
in the southern half, below a line running from Gomel' to Moscow, Kazan',
and Sverdlovsk; rain fell only in the southern portion of Rostovskaya
Oblast and the northern portion of Krasnodarskiy !'say.
Temperatures rose somewhat everywhere. Or. 7 July, noon temperatures
were 35 degrees above zero in Stalingrad; 32 in Voroshilovgrad, Groznyy,
and Rostov on the Don; 30 in Simferopol', 03essa, Kishinev, Kiev, Dnepro-
petrovsk, and Saratov; 29 in Kuybyshev, Tambov, Voronezh, and Kursk;
28 in Krasnodar ar,d IJal'chik; 27 in Lvov; 26 in Orel; 25 in Minsk, Moscow,
and Kazan'; 23 in Gor'kiy, Ufn, and Sverdlov^, k; 21 in Velikiye Luki; 20 in
Riga and Kirov; 19 in Leningrad and Petrozavodsk; and 14 in Arkhangelsk.
Winter rye had entered the milky maturity stage in Pskovskaya and
Leningradskaya oblasts and the southern portion of Arkhangal'skaya Oblast.
Spring wheat was heading in Kurganskaya Oblast and flowering in the south-
ern portion of Chelye~binskaya Oblast.
Ra_ns fell in some areas of Altayskiy Kray, the northern portion of
?wKrasnodarskiy Kray, and in Kel~erovskaya and Tomskaya oblasts. Temperatures
in these areas ranged between 20 and 22 degrees above zero. Dr.y weather
with temperatures of 24-26 degrees above zero prevailed almost every-
where in Novosibirskaya, u,~~sxaya, and Tyumenskaye uul..,,;,~.
It was hot end dry in the Kazakh SSR and Central Asia.
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11 July
On 10 July, warmer weather prevailed in most of the European USSR.
Noon temperatures were 37 degrees ab~ ~ zero in Stalingrad; 34 in Rostov
on the Don; 33 in Saratov; 32 in Voror.:zh and Tambov, 30-31 in Lvov, Kiev,
Kursk, Orel, and Kuybyshev; 29 in Kishinev and Chknlov; 2~ in 241nsk, Moscow,
and Kazan'; 25 in Gor'kiy, Ufa, and Simferopol'; 24 in S~~erdlovsk; 23 in
Velikiye Luki; 22 in Kirov; 21 in Leningrad; 20 in Petrozavodsk and Vologda;
and 17 in Riga.
During the first 12 hours of the. day, rains fell in some areas of the
Lithuanian and Latvian SSRs, the northern pprti.on of the Belorussian SSR,
the Crimea, and the entire area north of a line running from Leningrad to
Kirov.
Winter rye had reached the milky?iaaturity stage in the southern
portion of Sverdlovskaya Oblast. Oats'were flowering in Gor'kovskaya Oblast.
Harvesting of grass for hay was in progress throughout the European USSR
and harvesting of winter crops in tha aquthern portion. Harvesting of
early spring crops had beam in the extremey?southern area.
From Tyumen to ('hita in Siberia, temperatures were 22-24 degrees
above zero. During the first 12 hours of the day, light rains 1~1 in
some localities of this area. Sdinter rye had reached tY,e milky maturity.
stage and spring wheat was flowering in the Omsk area.
Rains fell in many areas of the Far East.t Noon temperatures were 28
degrees above zero in Blagoveshchensk an3 25 in Khabarovsk.
Dry, very warm weather prevailed in the Kazakh S;,R and Central Asis.
Early varieties of grapes had ripened in the southern portion of Central Asis.
12 July
On 11 July, hot weather prevailed in most of the European USSR, although
it was cool and overcast in the Baltic .epnblics and the extreme western
portions of the Belorussian and Ukrainian SSRs.
Noon temperatures were 32 degrees above zero in Kishinev; 31 in Odessa;
30 in Dnepropetrovsk, Voreshilov6~rad, Rostov nn the Don. Kuybyshev, and
Saratov~ .~.nd 28 in Krasnodar, Stalingrad, CIL,alov; Tambov, Orel, btoscow,
Velikiye Luk1, and Minsk. -^',
During the first 12 hours of 11 July, rains fell in Leningradskaya,
Novgorodskaya, and Pskovskaya oblasts, all the Baltic republics, the northern
an3 western pootions of the Belorussian SSR, and the extreme western portion
of the Ukraine.
Cool weather prevailed in Tyumenskaya and Omskaya oblasts. Temperatures
dropped in the northern portion of the Kazakh SSR. Temperatures in these
areas did not rise higher than 1.9 degrees above zero and dropped to 15
degrees in Tobol'sk.
It was hot ana dry everywhere in Central Asia and in most of the Kazakh
SSR.
14 July
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15 July
On 14 July, noon temperatures were 36 degrees In Stalingrad, Rostov on
the Don, and Groznyy; 30 in Dnepropetrovsk and Voroshilovgrad; 29 in
Krasnodar, Makhacktkala, and Chkalov; 28 in Kuybyshev, Simferopol', and
Nal'c~tik; in the rest of the European USSR, from Voronezh and Kiev in the
sout}t to Petrozavodsk and Ust'-Tsil'ma in the north and from Riga in the
west to U1'a in the east, noon temperatures ranged between 23 and 25 degrees.
It was somewhat cooler in the southwestern Ukraine and in toldavia; the
weather continued to be cool also in the north, in the Arkhangelsk area.
Daring the first 12 hours of 14 July, rains fell in Izmail'skaya and
Odess~aya oblasts, the tiestern Ukraine, Moldavia, and throughout the area
north of a line running from Kalinin to Kazan'.
Quit?_ heaay rains fell in some parts of Krasnoyarskiy Kray; only light
rains were recorded at scattered points in the rest of Siberia. Noon
temperatures rose to 18 degrees in Krasnoyarsk, 19 in Irkuts}:, 21 1n
Novosibirsk and Omsk, and ~4 in Tobol'sk, Barnaul, and Chita. In the Far
East; rains were light end temperatures rase to 25-38 degrees.
Daytime temperatures range3 between 22 and 24 degrees in the northern
and eastern portions of Kazakhstan; light rains fell at some places. It
was hot and dry in the western and southern portions of the republic.
Rot, dry weather continued in the Central Asian republics.
16 July
On 15 July, clear weather prevailed in most of the nortltarn part of
the European USSR; precipitation was recorded only ir, the extreme northern
portion. It became much cooler in the southern European USSR, where hot,
dry weather had prevailed during the last few days. Rains fell almost
everywhere in the Ukraine, Belorussia, Lith,tania, Latvia, and in Kurskaya,
Voronezhskaya, Rostovskaya, Stalingradskaya, and Astrakhanskaya oblasts.
Righ temperatures hastened the ripening of grains in the eastern
European USSR. Spring barely was being harvested in southera Saratovskaya
Oblast; it was ready for harvesting in southern Voronezltslcaya Oblast. Oats
itad reached the milky t:aturity stage ir. Ryazanskaya and Vladimirskaya
oblasts and the Tatarskaya ASSR. 6'Isize was flowering in the northeastern
Ukraine.
hfoderately warm weather with tempera>ures not rising above 22 degrees
at noon and rains falling at so;ne places prevailed in northeastern Kazakhstan.
The weather was hot and dry in the rest of the republic as well as in most
of Central Asia.
17 SulY
On lE July, it was cool and rains fell throughout the central European
USSR from Yaroslavl' to Kursk and from Smolensk to Penza; during the first
12 hours of the day, precipitation totaled more than 10 millimeters. At
1300, temperatures were 15 degrees in Orel, 15 in Moscow and Voronezh, and
17-18 in Kursk and Tambov.
Warm, dry weather prevailed in the Baltic republics, Belorussia, most
of the Ukraine, Northern Caucasus, Lower Volga Region, and the Urals. The
?hermometer register e3 20 degrees in Riga, Minsk, and Lvov; 22 in Kiev,
Voroshilovgrad, and Stalingrad; and 27-28 in Kishinev, Odessa, Krasnodar,
Sverdlovsk, Ufa, and Chkalov.
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Winter grains had reached the waxy maturity stage in Kirovskaya Oblast.
It was reported from Bryansk that clover seed was ready for harvesting.
Spring barley was being harvested in Kurskaya Oblast. Sunflowers were
flowering in the Tatarskaye ASSR.
Harvesting of winter and spring crops was 'continuing in the Ukraine,
Northern Caucasus, and Lower Volga Region under favorable weather condition:.
It was warm and dry in Western Siberia. Daytime temperatures reached
25-27 degrees in Omsk, Plovosibirsk, and Barnaul.
18 July
On 17 July, overcast weather with rains was observed in most of the
European USSR. Rain fell throughout the central chernozem zone and the
central and northern European USSR. Precipitation was also recorded in
the Crimea, Moldavia, the extreme southern Ukraine, and in Rostovskaya
Oblast. Light reins fell in the Baltic republics, Belorussia, the Lower
Volga Region, and the northeastern European USSR.
On 17 July, noon temperatures were 29 degrees in the Groznyy area;
26 in 03essa; 23-24 in Kishinev, Dnepropetrovsk, Voroshilovgrad, Rostov
on the Don, Krasnodar, Nal'chik, .:hl:alov, and Sverdlovsk; 21 in Lvov and
Ufa; and 20 in Riga, K_~v, voronezh, and Stalingrad.
Spring barely had begun to head around Arkhangelsk. Spring wheat
was flowering in southern Arkhangel'skaya Oblast and in the southern Komi
.1SSR. Spring wheat was in the milky maturity stage and winter rye in the
xaxy maturity Stage in southerr, ltostrocrslcaya Oblast.
Tl-iere was little precipitation anywhere in Siberia. Noon temperatures
were 29-30 degrees almost every.here in Kazakhstan but reached 33 degrees
in Kzyl-Order.
19 July
During the first 12 hours of 18 Jul;, rains fell in Leningradskaya,
Novgorodskays, Kalinins;caya, Yarozlavsliaya, Moskovslcaya, Knluzhskaya,
Tu2'skaya, Ryazanskays, Voronezhskaya, Tombovskaya, and Penzenskaya oblasts.
In rrany places, thn amount of preci.pitatiorr totaled 10-15 milliruecers. '
By noon, the zone in which rain was falling had moved ncrtheastward. No
rain was recorded in the Baltic republics, Belorussia, the Ukraine, Moldavia.
the Crimea, Northern Caucasus ,. the Lower Volga Region, and the Urals.
Noun temperatures ~rere 28 degrees in Kishinev; 27 in Odessa and Chkalov;
26 in Krasnodar and Mnkhachkala; 25 in Groznyy, Simferopol', and Lvov;
24 in Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk, and Stalingrad; 22 in Rostov on tkie Don,
Voroshilovgrad, and Sverdlovsk; 21 in Minsk, Ptoscow, Kuybyshev, and Ufa;
20 in Kirov and Riga; 19 in Velikiye Luki and Leningrad; and 14-17 in
Petrozavodsk, Arkhangelsk, Syktyvkar, Gor'kiy, Kazan', Tsmbov, Orel, and
Kursk.
tdostly dry weather prevailed itr Siberia. Rains had ceased almost
everywhere in the Far East. It was hot in Kazakhstan and the Central
Asian republics.
21 Suly
On 19 and 20 July, warm and mostly dry weather, favorable for grain
harvesting, prevailed in most of the European USSR.
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Noon temperatures rose to 22-24 degrees !n the Jrals and Middle Volga
legion, 26-28 in the central European USSR, and 28-30 in the Ulu?aine and
Caucasus. Unstable, cool weather was observed only in the western European
USSR. Daytime temperatures were only 15 degrees in Arkhangelsk and Lvov,
17 in Minsk, and 19 in Riga. More than 20 millimeters of grecipitation were
recorded at many places in Belorussia and the Ukraine. Brief downpours
occurred in some localities of the central zone, Middle Volga Region, and
the Urals.
The warm weather favored rapid ripening of grain crops. Winter rye
had reached full maturity in Penzensksya Oblast and the Tatarslvsya ASSR.
Rarvesting of spring crops was in full swing in the Ukraine.
It was very hot in Western Siberia; naxium temperatures ranged from
33 to 35 degrees. On 19 July, heavy rains fell in the Urals. Light rains
with thunderstorms occurred on this day in Krasnoyarskiy Kray, Irkutskaya
Oblast, and the Far East.
It was hot and dry in Central Asia. At noon, the thermometer registered
35-39 degrees.
22 July
On 21 July, cool, rainy weather continued in the northwestern half of
the European USSR. At noon, the therc:cneter registered only 15 degrees in
Orel, 16 in Lvov, 17 in Minsk and Leningrad, 18 in Petrozavodsk, and 20 in
Riga. During the first 12 hours of the day, precipitation totaled 5-10
millimeters in Moldavia, the northern Ukraine, and uome areas of the central
^egion. Light rains of 2-3 millimetiers fell in Belorussia and the northeastern
portion of the European USSR. Zn the so,~thea.;tern half of the European USSR,
the xeather remained very warm and dry; noon tempe-at??res there ranged between
25 and 28 degrees, although they rose as high ns 30-32 legrees in the central
chernozem zone and the Caucasus.
The warm, dry weather was favorable for izarvesting. By 2v^ July, winter
grains had reached full maturity throu;hout the area south of a line running
through Kaliningrad, Diinsk, Moscow, Ryazan', Tambov, and Ufa. Spring wheat
was heading in Arkhangel'skaya Oblast; t. air.'.-:ernels were turning in tha heads
in the western and cent.?al Europea?~ ~I:iSR ai_i the Ural. At some places ir.
Vo-onezhskaya r.nd Ku;~gshevskaya oblasts, suring wheat ha3 reached full maturity.
Hot, dry weather continued in most of Western Siberia and Kazakhstan.
Noon temperatures were 31 degrees in Bnrnaul and 32 in Novosibirsk. Temperatures
were somewhat lower in Tyumensknya and Omskaya oblasts; luring the day, they
were about 24 degrees there and light rains were falling at some places.
Spring wheat had reached the waxy maturity stage in southern Altayskiy Kray.
In most of Siberia, spring wheat had reached the stage at which gain kernels
were forcing in the heads.
23 July
On 22 July, it became somewhat warmer in most of ttie European USSR.
Noon temperatures were 20 degrees in Leningrad, Moscow, Crel, and Voronezh;
21 in Minsk; 22 in Petrozavodsk and Riga; 23 in Kiev and Lvov; 26 in Kishinev,
Gor'kiy, Sverdlovsk, and Ufa; 28 in Chkalov; and 33 in Kuybyshev. Temperatures
dropped somewhat in the Northern Caucasus and Lower Volga Region; they were only
24 degrees in Rostov on the Don and 25 in Stalingrad and Krasnodar.
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Rain stopped falling in the Western European USSR and the Ukraine.
Reavy rains, totaling 25 and more millimeters during the first 12 hours of
the day, fell in the central chernozem zone and the easteru portion of the
central European USSR. The rains which fell in these areas soaked the soil
thoroughly and promoted the growth of late grain and row crops.
Sunflowers and maize were flowering in the Ukraine and the central
chernozem zone. Potatoes were also flowering in mo^,t of the Euuropean USSR.
It was hot and dry in Western Siberia. Noon temperatures were 27 degrees
in Omsk, 30 in Krasnoyarsk, 34 in Barnaul, and 35 iii Novosibirr':. It became
cooler in Eastern Siberia; rains were falling at some places.
24 July
On 23 July, warm, dry weather, favorable for the growth of row crops,
ripening of grain crops, and harvesting of hay, prevailed in the northwestern
European USSR. Noon temperatures were 21 degrees in Arkhangelsk, 23 in
Petrozavodsk, 25 in Leningrad, and 26 in Riga. Warm, dry weather with daytime
temperatures as high as 26 degrees also prevailed in the southeastern European
USSR and the Urals. Cool weather with occa;;ional rain was observed in the
eastern portion of the central European USSR, central chernozem zone, Middle
Volga Region, and at some places in the northern European USSR. During the
first 12 hours of the day, up to 18 millimeters of precipitation fell in some
.areas of Voronezhskaya and Ryazarskaya oblasts. Noon temperatures were 16
degrees in Saratov, 19 in Tambov, 21 in Gor'kiy, and 22 in Voronezh and Orel.
Rot, mostly dry weather continued in Western Siberia. Daytime temperatures
in many places were as high as 30-35 degrees.
Quite heavy rains fell in Kazakhstan and the mountainous areas of Central
Asia. During the 24-hour period, more than ].0 millimeters of precipitation
fell in Akmolinskaya and Karagandinskaya oblasts.
Warm weather prevailed in Eastern Siberia and the Far East.
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