USSR WEATHER, CROP REPORTS, 2 - 7 AUGUST 1951

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 171
• Publication Date: September 8, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION S-?E-C-R-E-T SECRET
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORM,,,TION
On 2. 1 August, cloudy weather with heavy rains and thunderstorms prevailed
Kray. Showers also fell locally in the central regions.
On 'A August. noon temperatures rose to 17 degrees in Syktyvkar, 18 in Tam-
and Arkhangelsk, 24 in Leningrad, Sverdlovsk, and Kishinev, 25 in Odessa, 26 in
Novgorod, Kostroma, northern Kirov, and northern Molotov oblasts. ;?leathercon-
oblasts, and Tatar and Bashkir ASSRS. Barley has reached waxy maturity in Kos-
continued. On 3 August, noon temperatures were 18 degrees in Novosibirsk, 20
grains are beginning to mature. Oats have reached waxy mrxturity in Altay Kray
Flowering of potatoes has begun in East Siberia, ended in West Siberia.
Hot, dry weather favorable for the growth of cotton continued in Central
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Geographic - Weather conditions
Economic - Crop conditions
DATE DIST.
' Sep 1951
HOW
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WHERE
PUBLISHED
Thrice-weekly newspaper
Moscow
NO. OF PAGES
2
DATE
PUBLISHED
4 - 9 Aug 1951
LANGUAGE
Russian
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-r 7 August 1951
On 5, 6 August, overcast weather with rain prevailed in the northern and
eastern regions of the European USSR. Showers and local thunderstorms occurred
in the central regions, Ukraine, and North Caucasus.
On 6 August, noon temperatures were 14 degrees in Ufa, 16 in Vologda, 17
in Kazan', 18 in Leningrad, 19 in Moscow, Kuybyshev, and Chkalov, 23 in Orel
and Kirov, 24 in Tambov, Voronezh, and Syktyvkar, 26 in Kursk, Kiev, Rostov on
the Don, and Krasnodar, 27 in S`alingrad, 28 in Simferopol', and 31 in Kishinev.
The harvest of spring grains has begun in the ventral and eastern regions.
Cutting of spring wheat is being reported from the Ufa area and from Lukoyanov
in Gor'kiy Oblast. Harvesting of oats has begun in Vladimir Oblast. The har-
vest of grains is proceeding under favorable weather conditions in the central
chernozem zone, Volga Region, and most of the Ukraine.
9 August 1951
On 7 nugust, unstable weather with considerable rain locally was obr :ved
in the central European USSR, Ukraine, and southern Urals. Slightly cloudy,
dry weather prevailed in the rest of the European USSR.
During the first 12 hours of 8 August, rain fell only in the central areas
of the European USSR; in the ether areas, the weather was mostly cloudy without
precipitation.
At noon on 8 August, the lowest temperature was recorded in Moscow (18 de-
grees). Temperatures were 20-24 degrees in the Middle Volga Region, central
chernozem zone, and in Belorussia, 24-26 degrees in the northern regions of the
European USSR, and 26-29 degrees in the southern Ukraine, Lower Volga Region,
and Caucasus.
The recent rains and moderately warm weather are favorably affecting the
growth of root and tuber crops. The warm and dry weather in the northern re-
gions has promoted the maturing of grains.
Harvesting of millet has begun under favorabl^ weat*ner conditions in the
North Caucasus and southern Ukraine.
Slightly cloudy, warm weather prevailed in West Siberia and Kazakhstan.
Light rain fell locally.
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