GEOGRAPHIC - WEATHER CONDITIONS

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 11, 2003
• Sequence Number: 89
• Publication Date: April 6, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
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PUBLISHED USSR
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PUBLISHED 1 - 30 Nov 1952
LANGUAGE Russian
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
Ilumbers in parentheses refer to appended sources; underlined
dates refer to days of publication; all temperatures are given in
degrees centigrade.;
I November
Yesterday during the day, overcast weather with local fogs prevailed in
the Belorussian SSR. Rains fell in Brestskaya and PinsY.aya oblasts. Temper-
atures at 1500 were 4 degrees above cero in Bychikha, 5 in Minsk and Mogilev,
8 in Grodno and Gomel'. 9 in Brest, and 10 in Pinsk. (2.)
Yesterday, overcast, rainy weather prev:tiled in the Belorussian SSR.
Temperatures at 15GC were L degrees above zero in Bychikha; 5 in Pol.otsk;
7 in Vitebsk, ,rodno. Brest, ar.d Minsk; 8 in Mogilev and Gomel'; 9 in Slutsk;
and 10 in Pinsk.(].)
Th`s morning, cloudy weather, cold in the northern hall', warn in the
southern portion, prevailed in most of t:h-~ ?uropean USSR_
Temperatures at 0900 this mornin;z were 18 degrees below cero in Murmansk
and Nar'yan-M3r; --_' in 3yktyvkar; -11 in Ar;:heng?el'sk; -8 in Molotov; -4 in
Lentn3rad; -1 in 1.'vor; zero it'. Falinin; 1 degree abov_ cero In Riga; 2 in
Minsk, Smolensk, and Ufa; 4 in Kishinev, Ki,_v, and Kazan'; 5 in Tula; in
Poltava; 7 in Odcnsa, Gor'kiy, snd Kuybyshev; 8 in Khar'kov; 16 in Yalta; and
21 in Sochi.
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Last night's 1o'.+est temperature in Moscow was 3 degre
es above zero; it was
2 degrees at noon today.(2)
Yesterday during the day, variable cloudiness prevailed in the Belorussian
SSR. Light rains fell locally. Temperatures at 1500 were 4 degrees above zero
in Minsk, Polotsk, and Gomel'; 5 in Vitebsk, Grodno, and Baranovichi; and 6 in
Pinsk and Brest. (1)
This morning, overcast weather. with strong winds and precipitation in the
form of rain and local snow, prevailed in the central regions of the European
USSR and the eastern half of the Ukraine. Subzero weather without substantial
precipitation prevailed in the northern regions of the European USSR.
Last night's lowest temperature in Lloscow was 2 degrees below zero; the
same temperature prevailed at noon today.(2)
Yesterday morning's temperatures were 18 degrees below zero in Murmansk,
-15 on Dikson island. -11 in %rkhang-l's:?, -3 in Sverdlovsk, -2 in Tallin, 1
degree above zero in Moscow and Riga., 4 in Kiev, 7 in Odessa, 12 in Rostov on
the Don, 13 in Tashkent, 1% in Ashkhabad and Yalta, and 21 in Sochi.
Yesterday's tempc:raturIs in Lenir.Frad were 4 degrees below zero during the
morning, 2 degrees below d::ring the ciay.(3)
5 November
Yesterday during the day, cloudy with clearing weather prevailed in the
Belorussian SSR. Precir,itation fell locally, mostly in the form of snow. Temper-
atures ,,t 1500 were zero in Orsha, Vitebsk, an-I t4ogilev; 2 d2grecs abov, zero in
ti'..nnk and Borisov; 3 in :rest and Pinsk, 11 in Gomel'; and 5 in Bragin.(1)
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temperature- pr~vai1.0 it noon tr,. "grees belay zero; tht same
5 Novernter
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8 November
fo weather reports were published on this date)
9 November
LNo weather reports were published on this date-7
10 November
This morning, warm weather prevailed in most of the European USSR. Rains
fell in the Belorussian SSR, the rorthwestern and northern regions of the European
USSR, and the northern portion of the central region. It was cold in Komi ASSR
and the Urals.
Temperatures at 0900 this morning were 8 degrees below zero in Nar'yan-Mar
and Molotov; 6 degrees below in Syktyvkar; zero in Murmansk, Minsk, Kiev, and Ufa;
1 degree above zero in Kishinev; 2 in Arkhangelsk, Kirov, Kuybyshev, Smolensk,
and Poltava; 3 in Leningrad, Riga, and Saratov; 4 in Kalinin, Kazan'. and Kharkov;
5 in Vologda and Odessa; 6 in Voronech; 7 in Gor'kiy; 8 in Rostov; 9 in Tambov;
16 in Yalta; and 17 in Sochi.
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 6 degrees above zero; it was
4 degrees at noon today. (2)
11 November
This morning, warm weather with strong winds prevailed in the European USSR.
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 2 degrees above zero; it was
5 degrees at noon today.(2)
Yesterday's temperature in Leningrad was 3 degrees above zero, both during
the morning and during the day.(3)
12 November
Yesterday during the day, slightly cloudy, dry o:eather prevailed in the
Belorussian SSR.
Temperatures at 1500 were zero in Gomel', 1 degree above zero in Mogilev and
Orsha, 2 in Minsk arid Grodno, 3 in Hararovichi, 4 in Brest and Polotsk, and 5 in
Pin~k.(3)
13 November
Yesterday riurln.q the day, overcast -.rather prevailed in the Belorussian SSR.
Alriost every^.rhere, czrept in the a ?-reme western regions, precLpltation fell in
the :'urm o' rain ,nri cret snow. Te -aratures at 1500 were zero in Zhitkovichi;
1 1.ir e noove ::era 'r. Grodno an..., Pinsk; 2 in Vitebsk and Mtn k; and 3 in Folotsk,
Mogilev. and hrest. (1)
This morr._at;, subzero ?.:eiether with strong ?. rinds was rr.cor:ed in the central
re'ons of the Zuropean USSR, the Volga Region, the northeastern. Ukraine,
Rostovaiaya Ot;la;;t, and Most of the Northern Caucasus. Comparatively warm weather
prevailed in the northern and western European LSSR. Wet snow fell in the
BclorusnIan S:;R, Fskovsknya and Vel_.koluke kaya oblasts, and the foothills of the
Northern Cauc:_sus. Warm '..2nther with rains and .. 'ong winds was recorded in most
of the Ukraine and Krasnodarski.y Kray,
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Temperatures at 0900 this morning were 11 degrees below zero in Saratov;
-10 in Kuybyshev; -9 in Stalingrad; -8 in Kazan'; -7 in Molotov and Kirov; -6
in Gor'kiy and Syktyvkar; -3 in Kharkov and Vologda; -2 in Smolensk, Rostov,
and Astrakhan'; -1 in Petrozavodsk, Lvov, and Arkhangel'sk; zero in Kaliningrad
and Murmansk; 1 degree above zero in Riga, Tallin, and Odessa; 2 in Leningrad;
3 in Kiev; 8 in Yalta; and 10 in Sochi.
Last night 'a lowest temperature in Moscow was 4 degrees below zero; it was
2 degrees below at noon today.(2)
14 November
Yesterday during the day, overcast weather with snowfalls, locally, with
snowstorms, prevailed in the Belorussian SSR.
Temperatures at 1500 were 3 degrees below zero in Orsha; -2 in Polotsk,
Gomel; Minsk, and Mogilev; -1 in Vileyka; zero in Mozyr' and Brest; and 1 degree
above zero in Pinsk. (1)
Temperatures at 0900 this morning were 8 degrees below zero in Kazan'; -7
in Gur'yev and Voronezh; -6 in Kuybyshev, Petrozavodsk, Rostov, and Kalinin; -4
in Arkhangelsk and Chkalov; -? in Kiev; -2 in Murmansk; -1 in Lvov; 1 degree
above zero in Riga; 2 in Krasnodar; 10 in Sochi; and 12 in Yalta.
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 6 degrees below zero; it was
3 below at noon today.(2)
15 November
Yesterday during the day, overcast weather with strong winds prevailed in
the Belorussian SSR. Snowfalls were recorded in most of the southwestern portion
of the republic. Snowstorms occurred locally. Variable cloudiness without pre-
cipitation wan recorded in the extreme northeastern portion of the republic.
Temperatures at 1500 were 6 degrees below zero in Minsk, -5 in Bobruysk, -4 in
Baranovichi, -3 in Mozyr', -2 in Polotsk and Mogilev, -1 in Pi ask, zero in Vitebsk,
and 1 degree above zero in Brest.(1)
This morning, cold weather without precipitation prevailed in most of the
European USSR. It was warm, only in the Crimea and the Transcaucasus.
Last night's lowest temperature in !Moscow was 4 degrees below zero; it was
zero at noon tcday.(2)
_6 November
Yesterdayduzrin,? the day, cloudy weather prevailed in the Belorussian SSR.
Light precipitation in the fcrm of wet snow was recorded locally, Yesterday's
lowest temperature at 1500 was 3 degrees below zero in Minsk. Other temperatures
were 2 degrees below sr_.*c? in Siutok and Saranovichi; -1 in Gomel'; Orsha, and
Polotsk; .ere in Grodr,c, and Pinsk; and 1 degree above zero in Volkovysk.(I)
17 November
This morning, overca_r. weather with precipitation prevailed in the western
Ukraine, Belorussian SSR, Lithuanian SSR. and Pskovskaya, Novgorodskaya, and
Ve likolukskaya oblasts. S3i,ghtly cloudy, subzero weather prevailed in the rest
of the European USSR.
Last night's lowest tenperatur'o in Moscow was 5 degrees below zero; it was
zero at noun today-W)
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18 November
During the last few days, precipitation, mostly in the form of snow, fell
in the Belorussian SSR. A snow cover has formed whose greatest depth was re-
corded in the central portion of the republic. Yesterday during the day, temper-
atures were 1 degree below zero in Vitebsk; zero in Minsk, Mogilev, and Polotsk;
1 degree above zero in Grodno, Slutsk, and Gomel'; 3 in Pinsk; and 4 in Brest.(1)
19 November
Yesterday during the day, slightly cloudy weather prevailed in most of the
Belorussian SSR. Light rains fell only in the extreme western portion of the
republic. Temperatures at 1500 were 3 degrees below zero in Minsk, -2 in Polotsk
and Gomel', -1 in Mogilev, zero in Baranovichi, 1 degree above zero in Pinsk, 2
in Grodno, and 11 in Brest.(l)
Yesterday's temperature in Leningrad was zero both during the morning and
during the day.(3)
20 November
Yesterday during the day, cloudy weather without substantial precipitation
prevailed in the Belorussian SSR. Temperatures at 1500 were 3 degrees below zero
in Drissa and Bychikha; -2 in Minsk, t4sgilev, and Gomel'; -1 in Baranovichi; zero
in Pinsk and Grodno; and 2 degrees above zero in Brest.(1)
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 4 degrees below zero; it was
2 degrees below zero at noon today.(2)
21 November
Yesterday during the day, overcast weather prevailed in the Belorussian SSR.
Light snows fell locally. Temperatures at 1500 were 2 degrees below zero in Minsk,
Mogilev, and Bobruysk; 1 below in Gomel', Baranovichl, and Vitebsk; zero in Ptnsk
and Grodno; and I degree above :ern in Brest. (1)
This morning, overcast weather with light and, locally, moderate subzero
temperatures prevailed in most of the European USSR. Subzero temperatures.
locally as low as 30 degrees, were recorded in the northeastern portion of the
European USSR. Snowfalls were recorded in Komi. ASSR, Molotovnkaya and Kirovskaya
oblasts, and the Upper and Lower Volga regions.
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 2 degrees below zero; the some
temperature prevailed at r.-)on today. (?)
Yesterday's teT.pe_rature in Lenir.Grad was zero both during the morning and
during the Jay. (3)
Yesterday :luring the day.