USSR WEATHER AND CROP INFORMATION, 15 - 26 JUNE 1953

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• Publication Date: August 20, 1953
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SECURITY INFORMATION
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Geographic - Weather conditions
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Moscow
17 - 27 Jun 1953
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USSR WEATHER AND CROP INFORMATION, 15 - 26 JUNE 1953
iinderlined dates refer to days of publication; all tempera-
tures are given in degrees centigrade.?
17 June
On 16 June, warm T:eather prevailed in all the European USSR except the
northeastern regions and the Urals.
Noon temperatures were 12 degrees above zero in Sverdlovsk, 16 in Syktyv-
kar, and 19 in Kirov and Ufa.
On 15 June, heavy downpours fell in the eastern portion of the Northern
Caucasus, the Crimea, the eastern Ukraine, the western regions cf the central
zore, the ncrthwestern portion of the European USSR, Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya
Oblast, and southern Altay Kray. During the first 12 hours of 16 June, down-
pours w..th storms were recorded in Vologodskaya, Kostromskaya, Gor'kovskaya,
and Moskovskiya oblasts, the northern and eastern Ukraine, and Rcstovskaya
Oblast.
Precipitation moistened the soil considerably and created favorable con-
ditions for the successful development of all types of agricultural crops.
Unstable weather with showers prevailed in Western Siberia and the north-
ern Kazakh SSR. Noon temperatures were 10 degrees above zero in Tobol'sk, 16
in Novosibirsk, and 17 in Omsk.
18 June
On 17 June, warm, dry weather prevailed in most of the European USSR.
Downpours fell in the portion of the Middle Volga Region west of the Volga River.
Daytime temperatures in most areas ranged between 24 and 28 degrees above zero.
The temperature in Stalingrad was 30 degrees above zero.
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Weather conditions favored the development o? all agricultural crops.
Spring wheat has reached the beading stage in Kuybyshevskaya Oblast. It has
entered the flowering stage in the area around Voroshilovgrad. Winter rye has
entered the milky maturity stage in the Zhitomir and Uman areas.
It becama colder in Western Siberia. On 17 Jane, daytime temperatures
dropped to 9 degrees above zero in Barnaul, and to '2 in Omsk. Cooler weather
spread to the eastern half of the Kazakh SSR. Temperatures ranging between 11
and 13 degrees above zero were recorded in Akmolinsk and. Semipalatinsk.
Rains fell in some areas of Omakaya, Novosibirskaya, Ke.nerovskaya, and
Tomakaya oblasts with precipitation amounting to 22 millimeters during the first
twelve hours of the day, Light rain fell in the Kulundinskaya Steppe.
Not, day weather prevailed in Central Asia, accelerating the blossoming of
cotton and favoring the harvesting of winter wheat.
19 June
On 18 June, very warm weather prevailed in most of the European USSR. Dur-
ing the first twelve hours of the day, very warm weather was recorded in the
eastern portion of the Belorussian SSR and some areas of Kurskaya, Orlovekaya,
and Tambovskaya oblasts. Noon temperatures almost everywhere ranged between 22
and 27 degrees above zero. The mean diurnal temperature in Moscow was 7 degrees
higher than t;ie average that has prevailed for many years. A temperature of 31
degrees above zero was recorded in the eastern Ukraine and the Lower Volga Region.
The cherry picking season has begun in Yalta. The harvest of early cabbage
and potatoes has started in the Moldavian SSR. Winter wheat has entered the
milky maturity stage in the Poltava area. Spring wheat has begun to head in Sara-
tovskaya Oblast.
Cool weather prevailed in Western Siberia and the eastern Kazakh SSR. The
daytime temperature in Omsk was 7 degrees above zero, 11 in Novosibirsk, 14 in
Barnaul, and 16 in Sempalatinsk. The daytime temperature in Krasnodarskiy Kray
was about 15 degrees above zero. Rains fell to the north of Omsk and Novosibirsk.
Heavy rains fell in the Buryat-Mongoiskaya ASSR and Chitiaskaya Oblast. Warm
weather prevailed in the Far East. A daytime temperature of 26 degrees above
zero was recorded in Khabarovsk.
20 June
On 19 June, very warm weather with daytime temperatures ranging between
25-28 degrees above zero and higher prevailed in most of the European USSR. Noon
temperatures :?ere about 20-22 degrees above zero in the Urals and the northern
portion of the central region. Temperatures were 26 degrees above zero in Arkh-
angel'ek, Gor'kiy, Moscow, and Minsk, and 30 degrees in Stalingrad and Rostov on
the Don.
On 18 June, downpouring rains fell in the Belorussian SSR, the central cher-
nozem zone, the Ukraine, and the Moldavian SSR. During a 24-hour period, the
amount of precipitation ranged between 40 and 50 millimeters and higher at some
places. In the Kursk area, 98 millimeters of precipitation fell and in the !Cono-
top area, 120 millimeters. On. 18 July, light rains which continued also during
the first twelve hours of 19 June fell in the Northern Caucasus. Heavy rains
fell in the Baltic republics.
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Very warm, dry weather prevailing in the eastern portion of the European
USSR with sufficient soil moisture has favored the development of crops. Spring
wheat has begun to head in the Kazan' area. Winter crops have reached the waxy
maturity stage in the southeastern portion of the Ukraine and the Northern Cau-
casus, and the flowering stage in Komi. ASSR. Buckwheat has entered the flower-
ing stage in Kursk Oblast.
Cool weather with daytime temperatures ranging between 13 to 17 degrees
above zero prevailed in Western Siberia and the northern Kazakh SM. Light
rains fell at some places in these areas. Winter rye has reached the flowering
stage in Tomskaya Oblast.
Very warm weather prevailed in Central Asia, Downpours fell at some places.
Winter wheat has reached the full maturity stage in the Samarkand area.
21 June
On 20 June, warm weather with rains which favored the growth and development
of agricultural crops prevailed in most of the European USSR. Noon temperatures
were 22 degrees above zero in Petrozavodsk and Moscow; 23 in Arkhangelsk, Vologda,
and Gor'kiy; 25 in Leningrad; 26 in Tambov and Chkalov; 27 in Kiev, Kishinev, and
Krasnodar; and 28 in Odessa, Kursk, and Voronezh. Dry weather prevailed in the
Lower and Middle Volga Regions. Daytime temperatures were 29 degrees above zero
in Kuybyshev, 30 in Saratov, and 32 in Stalingrad.
On 19 June, downpouring rains fell in the northwestern regions and at some
places in the Belorussian SSR, the Crimea, and the central regions. Quite heavy
rains amounting at some places to more than 10 millimeters of precipitation fell
in the eastern Ukraine and Rostovskaya Oblast. On 20 June, rains continued in
the western, central, and eastern regions and the Northern Caucasus.
Cooler weather prevailed in Siberia, Noon temperatures were 17 degrees above
zero in Tobol'sk, 18 in Novosibirsk, an'? 19 in Omsk and Barnaul. Light rains fell
in most forest steppe regions.
23 June
On 21 and 22 June, warm weather prevailed in all the European USSR. Daytime
temperatures ranged between 25-27 degrees above zero in the northern as well as
in the southern regions of the European USSR. Cooler weather prevailed in the
western regions and the Urals where temperatures did not rise above 20 degrees.
Downpouring rains fell in the Belorussian SSR, the southern Ukraine, the
Moldavian SSR, the Northern Caucasus. Astrakhanskaya and Chkalovskaya oblasts,
and the western portion of the cent_;, zone.
Spring wheat has entered the heading stage in the southern Belorussian SSR,
the central cherno..em zone, and the Central Volga Region; it has entered the
flowering stage and is setting groin in most of the Ukraine, the Northern Cau-
casus, and the Lower Volga Region.
Winter rye has reached the milky maturity stage in the southern half of the
European USSR and the flowering stage in the northern half. The height of its
stem was more than 150 centimeters in many areas.
Unstable weather with rains and strong winds prevailed at some places in
Western Siberia and the northern Kazakh SM.
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On 23 June, slightly cloudy, very warm, dry weather prevailed in most of
the European USSR. Noon temperatures were about 22-24 degrees above zero in the
western and northern regions, 23-25 degrees in the central regions, and 26-28
degrees in the Southern regions.
On 22 June, heavy rains fell in most areas of the Ukraine, the Crimea, and
the Nor.tbu'!_, nananru; Thr ai uut of Precipitation in a 24-hour period amounted
to 30-50 and more millimeters at some places. During the first twelve hours of
23 June, rains were also recorded in the Caucasus and the eastern regions of the
Ukraine.
Cold weather with rains prevailed in the Urals and in Western Siberia. Day-
time temperatures were 8 degrees above zero in Tobol'sk, 11 in O.qk, 12 in Sverd-
lovsk, 17 in Ufa, and 18 in Barnaul.
During the first twelve hours of 23 June, rains amounting to 6 to 12 milli-
meters fell almost everywhere in Western Siberia. More than 20 millimeter- of
precipitation were recorded in Novosibirskaya Oblast. Winter rye and buckwheat
have reached the flowering stage.
Very warm, dry weather in Central Asia created favorable conditions for the
harvest of grains and grasses. Spring wheat has reached the waxy maturity stage
in the Tadzhik and Uzbek SSRs and the full maturity stage at some places.
25 June
On 24 June, downpours amounting to 20 millimeters at some places prevailed
in the western regions of the Northern Caucasus. Very ,-irm, dry weather w::th
daytime temperatures of about 24 to 26 degrees prevailed in most of the European
USSR.
On 23 Jime, heavy rains fell in the eastern haif of the Ukraine and some
areas of the central and western regions. Precipitation amounted to more than
20 millimeters in Zaporozhskaya Oblast and Krasnodarskiy Kray.
Cold weather with rain prevailed in Western Siberia and the Kazakh SSR. Day-
time temperatures were 10 degrees above zero in Tc,oi'sk, 11 in Omsk, 16 in Kras-
noyarsk and Akmolinsk, 17 In Novosibirsk, 18 in Barna.l, and 19 in Sr,mipalatinsk.
On 23 June, rains fell in the southern portion of Omskaya and Novosibirskaya
obl%sts and the western portion of Altay Kray. During the first half of 24 June,
quite heavy rains were recorded in Kamerovskaya Oblast and Krasnodarskiy Kray.
Spring wheat has reached the full maturity stage in Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya
Oblast.
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On 25 June, hot, dry weather with daytime temperatures of about 25 to 28
degrees above zero prevailed in most of the European USSR. Temperatures dropped
somewhat only in the eastern Ukraine, the Crimea, and the Northern Caucasus,
and downpours fell at some places. Noon temperatures were 21 degrees above zero
in Voroshilovgrad, 23 in Rostov on the Don, and 24 in Krasnodar. Cloudy weather
with daytime temperatures of. about 18 to 20 degrees, and at some places with
dounpouring rains, prevailed in the Urals.
Winter rye has reached the waxy maturity stage in the western Ukraine and
spring barley, the milky maturity stage. Spring wheat has entered the waxy ma-
turity stage in the southern Ukraine.
Warmer weather prevailed in Western Siberia. Light rains amounting to 5
nilua...?'tc fell in ^11 areas except the southern rticn of Gltayakiy ICray and
Omskaya Oblast. On 24 June, heavy rains fell at some places in the eastern por-
tion of Novosibirskaya and Kamerovskaya oblasts. Temperatures of about 22 to 24
degrees prevailed in Eastern Siberia; rains were recorded in some localities.
Winter rye has entered the flowering stage in Irkutskaya Oblast, spring barley,
the heading stage, and potatoes are branching.
On 24 June, showers were recorded in the eastern portion of. the Kazakh SSR
and the mountain regions of Central Asia.
27 Jul
On 26 June, slightly cloudy, dry weather with daytime temperatures of 25 to
28 degrees prevailed in most of the European USSR. Temperatures ranged between
28 and 30 degrees in the southeastern region. A drop in temperature accompanied
b;, rains was recorded in the northern regions. During the night, 4 to 8 milli-
meters of precipitation fell in most areas of Arkhangel'skaya and Kirovskaya
oblasts and Komi ASSR. Noon temperatures were 9 degrees above zero in Arkhangelsk
11 in Syktyvkar, and 12 in Petrozavodsk. During the first twelve hours of 26 June,
heavy downpours fell in the southern portion of Rostovskaya Oblast and Krasnodar-
akiy Kray. The amount of precipitatiun reached 10 to 15 millimeters in these
areas.
Dry weather with an average daily temperature 5 to 7 degrees above normal
which has prevailed in most areas of the European USSR has accelerated the devel-
opment of agricultural crops. Winter rye has reached the waxy maturity stage 10
days ahead of the period which has prevailed for se'eral years.
Light rains fell in most of Western Siberia, amounting to one to 3 milliu:-
ters during the fire. twelve hours of the day. Comparatively cool weather with
daytime temperatures of 12 to 15 degrees above zero prevailed in Tyumenskiy and
Omskiy oblasts. During the day, temperatures rose to 20-22 degrees above zero
in Novosibirskaya Oblast and Altay Fray.
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