GEOGRAPHIC - WEATHER CONDITIONS ECONOMIC - CROP CONDITIONS

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• Publication Date: October 30, 1953
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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRALS NTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Geographic -Weather conditions
HOW Economic -Crop conditions
PUBLISHED Daily. newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Moacov
DATE
PUBLISHED 26 Aug - 8 Sep 1953
LANGUAGE
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REPORT
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
USSR SiEATHER ARD CROP INFORMATIOR,
5 AUGUST - 7 SEPTEMBER 1953
underlined dates refer to days of publication. All tem-
peratures are in degrees centigrade]
26 August
On 25 August, cool weather was gradually spreading southward from the
northern and northeastern European USSR and the northern areas of Siberia.
Overcast weather, with rain in some places, was observed in the central Urals
and ad,7oining areas. Rain also fell in some partE of Moskovakaya Oblast and
other obleste toward the north; in some places, up to 20 millimeters were re-
corded. Daytime temperatures were LO degrees in Sverdlovsk and 12 in Kirov,
Ufa, Syktyvkar, and Arkhangelsk.
Hot, dry weather prevailed throughout the rest of the European USSR. In
Moscow, for example, temperatures were 5-7 degrees above normal. Noon tempera-
tures xere 30 degrees in Voroshilovgrad, Rostov-on-Don, and Krasnodar, and 32 in
Stavropol'.
It was cool throughout Siberia and rain fell in many areas. Daytime tempera-
tures xere 10 degrees in Tobol'sk and 16 in Barnaul.
27 August
On 26 August, cool weather continued in the northeastern European USSR, the
Urals, and ad,Joining areas. Daytime temperatures were 10 degrees in Ust'-Tsil'ma
and 12 in Sverdlovsk. The cool weather was gradually spreading to northeastern
Kazakhstan. During the night of 25 August, light Prosts were noted in Kirovskaye,
Molotovskaye, and Sverdlovskaya oblaeta and the Bashkirskaya ASSR.
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is southern Kazakhstan, the first cotton bolls opened.
28 August
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Rains, heavy in some places, continued to fall in the Baltic republics and
the aorthwcatern, northern, and central portions of the RSFSR as ?ar south as the
latitude of Moscow. On 25 and 26 August, good rains also fell in the extreme
southern Ukraine and in the Crimea, in a 2k-hour period, they totaled up to 12-15
mill+meters in these regions. Moisture in the plowed layer of summer fallowed
fields increased considerably. Heavy downpours were observed in the Sochi-Batumi
area, where about 100 millimeters of rain fell is a 24-hour period.
Very warm, dry weather prevailed throughout the rest of the European USSR.
Daytime temperatures were 26 degrees in Moscow, 28 in Tambov, Stalingrad, and Sim-
feropol', and 30 in Dnepropetrovsk and Odessa.
Spring grain trope are being harvested around Us t'-Tsil'ma in the Komi ASSR.
Winter rye which was sown early is entering the bushing stage in some parts of
Gor'kovskaya Oblast and other oblasts of the central European USSR.
It was cold and rain fell in Western Siberia. During the day, the thermom-
eter recorded 7 degrees in Tobel'sk, 10 in Barnaul, 11 in Akmolinsk, 12 i:. ;sk,
and 16 in Kreanoyarek.
It wen hat and dry is Central Asia and southern Kazakhstan. Around Chlmkent
}~_ It was cool in Western Siberia. Rains fell Sn the northern portion: Day-
maize has begun in Odesskeya Oblast.
Buckwheat is being harvested in the central chernozem zone. Harvesting of
degrees in Kirov and Sverdlovsk and lj In Ufa,
ikght of 26 August, frosts were noted at soma places. Daytime-temperatures were
places; daytime temperatures were 21 degrees Sn L'vov, 23 in Kiev, and 22 in Stav-
^~-r-On 27 August, hot, dry weather prevailed in the easter^ Ukraine, the central
29 August
On 28 August, 1t was considerably cooler throughout that portion of the Euro-
pean USSR lying north of a line running from Minsk to Ufa. Daytime temperatures
there ranged between 17 and 18 degrees. During the first 12 hours of 28 August,;,
rain fell in the xestern Ukraine, the western, central, northeastern, and northern
portions of the European USSR, and in the Karelo-Finnish SSR; in yome parts of the
central portion, up to 20 mi111meters were recorded Slightly cloudy, dry weather
prevailed in the Baltic republics and most of Belorussia.
.South of the Minsk-Ufa line, it was hot and mostly dry. Light rains were re-
corded in the portion of Stalingradskaya Oblast lying west of the Volga River, at
some places in the Kuban', and in Astrakhanakaye Oblast. Daytime temperatures
were 28 degrees in Tambov, Saratov, and Kursk, 29 in Dnepropetrovsk,: and 31 in,
Simferopol' and Odessa. The rain stopped, but it remained coo'_ in Western Siberia
and northeastern Kazakhstan. At noon, the thermometer registered 9 degrees in;
Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk, 10 in Barnaul, 12 in Omsk, and 14 in Al~olinak and
Semipalatinsk. Quite heavy rains were observed in the Yakutskaya ASSR.
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It xas hot and dry in the Central Asian republics, Cotton harvesting has
begun in Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast.
30 August
On 29 August, overcast weather with rair. prevailed Sn the western Ukraine,
southeastern Belorussia, the southern European USSR, Ivanovskaya, Gor'kovskaya,
Kirovskaya, and Arkhangel'skaya oblasts, and the Karelo-Finnish S:R; in the cen-
tral European USSR and Ukraine, the rains were heavy. Daytime temperatures were
15 degrees in Lvov, 16 in Moscov, 18 in Arkhangelsk, Leningrad, and Gor'kiy;
and 19 in Kiev. It was dry.in the Baltic republics and most of Belorussia.
Very warm, dry weather was observed in the por*,ion of the Ukraine east of
the Dnepr River, the Ukraine, central rhernozem zone, and the Volga Region. Noon
temperatures were 31 degrees in Dnepropetrovsk, Stalingrad, Saratov, and Kuybyshev,
30 in Rostov-on-pop, and 29 in Voronezh and Odessa.
Sowing of winter grain crops has begun in Rostovskaya Oblast. Maize is ap-
proaching full maturity in Kamenets-Podo1'skaya Oblast.
Cool, dry weather prevailed in Western and Eastern SSberis. Daytime tem-
peratures were 15 degrees ir, NovosibirsY? and Barnaul and 11 in Krasnoyarsk. Heavy
rain fell in some parts of the Transbaykal
It was warm and dry in Central Asia snd southern Kazakhstan. Harvesting of
cotton has begun in Andizhanskaya Oblast.
1 September
On 31 August, the weather improved and rains ceased in the western Ukraine
and the central European USSR. Daytime temperatures were 18 degrees in Moscow
and 22 in Kiev. As a result of rains, which moistened the soil well, conditions
for the growth of winter grain crops and for wrrking the soil improved in Voro-
nezhskaya, Tambovskaya, Penzenskaya, Sarstovsknya, Kuybyshevskaya, and U1'yanov-
skaya oblasts. Daytime temperatures in these ob:asts ranged between 20 and 22
degrees. Light rains fell in the Urals, Estonia. northwestern RSFSR, the Karelo-
Finnish SSR, and Arkhangel'ekaya Oblast. It was hot and dry Sn the sontt;ern Ukraine,
Moldavia, the Crimea, and the Northern Caccasns. Daytime temperatures were 26 de-
grees in Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa, and Kishinev, 3O in St.alingred, and 33 in Stav-
ropol'.
Maize and sunflowers are approaching full maturity in southern Voronezhskaya
Oblast. Picking of grapes has begun in Moldavia and Azerbaydzhan.
It was generally cooler in the agricult~.u?al zone of Siberia; daytime temper-
atures were about 12 degrees. At night, quite hea?ry frosts were observed in Tom-
skaya Oblast and Krasnoyarskiy Kray. However, it was still warm in some parts of
Western Siberia; during the day, the temperature rose to 20 degrees in Omsk. Only
scattered light rains were recorded. Heavy rains fell in the Far East.
It was warm and dry in Central Asia. The first cotton bolls opened on the
fields of the Kara-Kalpakskaye ASSR,
2 September
On 1 September, it was cool and rainy in the Baltic republics, the north-
western and central portions of the European USSR, southern Belorussia, and the
western Ukraine. During the first 12 hoii?s of the day, up to 25 millimeters of
rain fell in Leningradskaya, Novgorodskaye, and Kallninskaya oblasts. Rain also
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fell in the Komi ASSR. Daytime temperatures were 15 degrees 1n L'vov, Leningrad,
Vologda, and Moscow and 17 in Rige, Minsk, anr1 Ufe. It was xarm in the south-
eastern Ukraine, the Crimea, central chernozem zone, and the Volga Region; it was
hot in the Northern Caucasus. Daytime temperatures were 22 degrees in Voronezh
and ~hkalov, 28 in Odessa, Voroshilovgrad, and Stalingrsd, 32 in Krasnodar, and
35 iri Stavropol'.
Winter rye, sown early and on clean summer fallow, is beginning to enter
the bushing stage in Kaluzhskaya, MosY.ovskaya, and Gor'kovskaya oblasts.
In Western Siberia, it became warmer in Novosibirskaya and Kemerovskays ob-
lasts and Altayskiy Kray, llaytime temperatures were about 18 degrees, as compared
with 13 derreea the day before. Rain fell in Tomskaya Oblast and northern Kras-
noyarskiy Kray. it was dry in the Far East, hot and dry in Central Asia.
3 September
On 2 September, it was considerably cooler in most of the European USSR.
Noon temperatures xere only 6 degrees Sn Syktyvkar, 10 in Kirov, 12 in Gor'kiy,
13 in Vologda, 14 in Moscow, Orel, Tambov, Kursk, and Stalingrad, and 15 in Sara-
tov, Kuybyshev, and Ufa.
The rains ceased in Feiorusaia, the western portion of the central European
USSR, and the western Ukraine. On the other hand, quite heavy rains fell in they
southeastern Ukraine, the Crimea, Northern Caucasus, and along the Black Sea coast
of the Caucasus.. During the first 12 hours of the day, 6-12 millimeters of pre-
cipitation were recorded in Stavropol'skiy Kray and 15-20 along the Black Sea coast
of the Caucasus. Light rains were observed in the Volga Region, the northern and
eastern portions of the central European USSR, and the Urals.
Moderately xarm weather prevailed Sn Western Siberia. Daytime temperatures
were 20 degrees in Tobol'ak, 22 in Omsk and Novosibirsk, and 27 in Barnaul. Rains
fell in Krasnoyarskiy Kray. During the night of 1 September, up to 10 millimeters
were recorded at some places Sn the kray. Winter rye has sprouted in Western Si-
beria.
4 September
On 3 September, dry weather prevailed In most of the European USSR. It be-
came somewhat warmer in the western and central portions. Noon temperatures were
16 degrees in Rlga and Vologda, 18 in Moscow, Orel, Kursk, and Voronezh, 20 in
Leningrad, 22 in Minsk, Kiev, Lvov, and Dnepropetrovsk, and 23 in Odessa. In the
Northern Caucasus and Lower Volga Region, temperatures ranged between 18 and 22
degrees. It became considerably cooler in the Urals and the northeastern European
USSR. Daytime temperatures were B degrees in Sverdlovsk, 11 in Ufa, and 14 in Chka-
lov, During the night of 2 September, light frosts were observed north of a line
running from Vologda to Kirov and Cherdyn'.
During the first 12 hours of the day, heavy rains fell in Kuybyshevskaya and
Chkalovskaye oblasts and the Tatarskays and 6ashkirskaya ASSRs; they totaled up
to 30 millimeters. Light rains fell ir. Ser?atovskaya and Penzenskaya oblasts.
Spring grain crops have matured ir, the extreme north.
Very warm, dry weather prevailed 1.^. ~destern Siberia. Temperatures rose as
high as 29 degrees. In Eastern Siberia, it was cool with daytime temperatures of
14-16 degrees. Rain fell in Irkutskaye and Chitinskaya oblasts.
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5 September
On L September, cool, rainy weather prevailed in the northwestern European
USSR, Belorussia, and the western portion of the central E~u?opean i1SSR. In
these regions, temperatures did not rise above 16-19 degrees. It was cold in
the Urals; the thermometer registered 10-12 degrees. In the greater portion of
the European USSR, it was dry and daytime temperatures rose to 22-2k and at some
places to 25 degrees.
Winter grain crops have sprouted in the Ukraine; those sown early in the cen-
tral chernozem zone have entered the bushing stage. Slightly cloudy, moderately
warm weather is favoring the accumulation of sugar in sugar beets.
The weather was cool.in the Ural area of Western Siberie; rain fell in this
area. Daytimt temperatures were 8 degrees in Tobol'sk and 20 in Omsk; on 3 Sep-
tember, the daytime temperature in Omsk had been 25 degrees. It was dry and very
warm in the rest of Western Siberia; noon temperatures were 30 degrees in Novo-
sibirsk and Barnaul. It was cool and rain fell in Eastern Siberia. The weather
was dry and warm 1n Central Asia; daytime temperatues ranged between 26 and 30
degrees.
6 September
On 5 September, cold weather prevailed in most of the European USSR; rain
fell in some places. Noon temperatures were 9 degrees in .grkhangel'sk, 11 in
Leningrad, 12 in Riga, 13 in Vologda and Minsk, 14 in Kirov, 16 in Gor'kiy and
Moscow, 17 in Orel and L' wv, 18 in Chkalov and Sverdlovsk, and 19 in Kursk. It
was warm and dry in the Ukraine, Moldavia, the Crimea, the Northern Caucasus, and
the Lower Volga Region; daytime temperatures in these regions ranged between 24
end 27 degrees. Rain fell in the northern, western, and central parts of the
European USSR. It was dry in the Urals..
It became much cooler in Western Siberia. Daytime temperatures dropped from
20-30 degrees to 14-17 degrees within 24 hours. It also became cooler in Kazakh-
stan, Turkmenia, and Uzbekistan. Noon temperatures were 11 degrees in Akmolinsk,
17 in Aktyubinsk and Ashkhabad, 20 in Semipalatinsk and Dzhambul, and 23 in Tash-
kent. Rains were observed in eastern Kazakhstan, Altayskiy Kray, and the Far East.
8 September
On 6 and 7 September, the cold weather sprend to the southern portion of the
European USSR. Noon temperatures were 7-10 degrees in all regions north~?eat of
a line running from Lvov to Voronezh and Molotov, Daytime temperatures were 12
degrees in Odessa and Voroshilovgrad, 13 in Rostov-on-Don, and 15 in Simferopol',
Stalingrad, and Krasnodar. It was warmest in the southern Urals; the thermometer
registered 19 degrees in Ufa and 22 in Chkalov. On 6 and 7 September, rains to-
taling up to 20 millimeters in many places fell in the central European USSR, the
central chernozem zone, and in Klrovskaya and Molotovskays oblasts. Rains also
fell in Krasnodarskiy Kray,
`It became biartcer in Western Siberia. Temperatures were 23 degrees in Omsk,
21 itti Novosibirsk, and 20 in Barnaul, nai~i fell in northerr, Krasnoyarskiy Kray,
The weather was moderately warm in Central As1s. Noon temperatures ranged
between 22 and 24 degrees.
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