USSR WEATHER AND CROP REPORTS, 15 - 30 NOVEMBER 1951

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• Publication Date: January 23, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Geographic - Weather conditions
Economic - Crop conditions
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PUBLISHED Thrice-weekly newspaper
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PUBLISHED Moscow
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PUBLISHED 17 Nov - 1 Dec. 1951
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USSR WEATHER AND CROP REPORTS,
15 - 30 NOVEMBER 1951
On 15 and 16 November, cold weather was observed in most of the European
USSR. Warm weather, with fog but without substartial precipitation, was ob-
served only in the southern regions. During the night of 16 November, the
temperature dropped to 25-30 degrees below zero in Arkhangel'sk and Vologda
oblasts. The colder weather continued to spread to the western, central, and
eastern regions of the European USSR and was accompanied there first by snow,.
then by clearing skies. During the night of 16 November, temperatures dropped
to 20-25 degr:jes below zero in the northern central part of the European USSR
including Moscow Oblast, 7-12 degrees below zero in Belorussia, 8-13 degrees
below zero in the southern central part of the European USSR, and 13-17 degrees
below zero in the Middle Volga Region.
On 16 November, daytime temperatures were -22 degrees in Vologda, -20 in
1:a'an', -19 in Kirov and Syktyvkar, -8 in Gor'kiy, -17 in Sverdlovsk, -15 in
Velikiye Luki, -14 in Moscow, -13 in Kuybyshev nd Orel, -10 in Tambov, -9 in
Leningrad, -7 in Minsk, Kursk, Voronezh, and Ufa, -6 in Saratov, zero in Kiev
and Chkalov, 1 degree above zero in Lvov, 8 degrees in Voroshilovgrad, 9 in
Kishinev, 10 in Rostov-on-Don and Makhachkala, 11 in Odessa, 14 in Simferopol'
.and Nal'chik, and 16 in Krasnodar and Yerevan.
In most of West Siberia, the cold weather continued to moderate. Snow
fell locally. Daytiir temperatures were 18 degrees below zero in Tobol'ek, 6
below zero in Novosibirsk, one below zero in Omsk, one degree above zero in
Barnaul and Irkutsk, and 4 degrees in Krasnoyarsk.
War, weather was observed in Central Asia and in the southern and western
regions of Kazakhstan.
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20 November 1951
On 18 November, cold, mostly slightly cloudy weather continued in the central
and eastern regions of the European USSR. It was warm and overcast in the Baltic
countries, Belorussia, and the western Ukraine. Light rains fell and strong
winds were recorded in the North Caucasus.
On 19 November, it became considerably warmer in the central regions of
the European USSR and the eastern Ukraine. The warmer weather was accompanied
by snowfalls.
It became colder in West Siberia. During the night of 19 November, temper-
atures fell to 35-4G and locally to 45 degrees below zero.
On 20 and 21 November, overcast, warm weather continued in most of the
European USSR. The cold also moderates in the eastern regions and to the Urals.
On 20 November, snow fell in Gor'kiy Oblast, Tatar ASSR, and Molotov Oblast.
Snowstorms were recorded locally.
On 21 November, noon temperatures were -14 degrees in Chkalov, -13 in Ufa,
-11 in Kazan', -8 in Kuybyshev, -6 in Tambov and Gor'kiy, -5 in Voronezh, -4
in Saratov, Stalingrad, and Kursk, -2 in Orel, zero in Rostov-on-Don, one
degree above zero in Vologdaand Velikiye Luki, 2 degrees in Minsk, Kiev, and
Arkhangelsk, 3 in Leningrad, 7 in L'vov and Odessa, 8 in Krasnodar, and 9 in
Simferopol'.
In West Siberia, a period of moderation set in. The more moderate weather
was accompanied by snowfalls. On 21 November, daytime temperatures were -11
degrees in Omsk, -13 in Novosibirsk and Barnaul. The snow cover reached a
depth-of 5-6, locally 8-10, centimeters in Omsk and Novosibirsk oblasts and
3-4 centimeters in the steppe portion of Altay Kray.
It became considerably colder in Central Asia and southern Kazakhstan.
During the night of 21 N-vember, temperatures fell to 25-28 degrees below zero
in '.utleastern Kazakhstan and to 4-10 degree' below zero in southern Central
Asia. Subzero temperatures prevailed also during the day; they were -18
degrees in Dzbambul, -16 in Alma-Ata, -9 in Kzyl-Orda, and -1 in Tashkent and
Ashkhabad.
27 November 1951
On 25 and 26 November, it became considerably warmer in the western and
central regions The warmer weather was accompanied by quite strong winds and
quite heavy rains. Temperatures rose 5-10 degrees during the 24-hou.r period.
Moderate frosts still occurred in the Urals and the southeast.
On 26 November, daytime temperatures were 12 degrees in Krasnodar, 8 in
Dnepropetrovsk, 7 in Rostov-on-Don, 6 'n Voroshilovgrad, 4 in Kursk and Riga,
3 in Lvov, Orel, and Moscow, and 2 in Voronezh and Vologda. Noon temperatures
were zero in Tambov and Sarat~v, -4 in Kuybyshev. -5 in Kazan', -6 in Kirov
and Saratov, -10 in Sverdlovsk, -11 in Ufa, and -12 in Chkalov.
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On 25 November, heavy rains fell in the Baltic countries, southern Ukraine,
and Rostov Oblast; they amounted to more than 10 millimeters of precipitation.
Light rains fell in Belorussia and Arkhangelsk Oblast. During the first 12
hours of 26 November, heavy rains fell in many central and southern areas. The
precipitation zone was spreading to the east, including Voronezh and Gor'kiy
oblasts.
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In the Urals and southeast, where moderate frosts occurred (temperatures
as low as 37-20 degrees below zero), winter sowings were covered with snow.
Rising temperatures continued in West Siberia. On 26 November. noon tempera-
tures were only 3-8 degrees below zero. Weather conditions were good for
winter sowings there.
Much snow fell in East Siberia, and the depth of the snow cover was in-
creased considerably; therefore, temperatures which fell as low as 25-30 degrees
below zero did not harm winter sowings.
On 27 and 28 November, moderately warm, unstable weather with precipitation
in the form of rain and snow continued in most of the European USSR.
Noon temperatures rose to 7 degrees in Riga, 6 in Minsk and Lvov, 5 in
Velikiye Luki, 4 in Kiev and Krasnodar, 3 in Kishinev, Odessa, and Rostov-on-Don,
2 in Voroshilovgrad and Leningrad, anu one in Moscow. Daytime temperatures
were about zero in Orel, Voronezh, Kursk, and Stalingrad, -1 in Chkalov, Kazan',
and Vologda, -2 in Syktyvkar, Kirov, Sverdlovsk, and Gor'kiy, -3 in Arkhangelsk,
-5 in Ufa, and -8 in Kuybyshev.
The snow cover melted completely in many central and southeastern areas as
a result of the warmer weather and rains.
In the North Caucasus, Crimea, and southern Ukraine, winter sowings were
still growing during the day; elsewhere, wintering of sowings was proceeding
under favorable conditions.
In West Siberia, slightly cloudy weather with light frosts continued. Day-
time temperatures were-6 degrees in Krasnoyarsk, -5 in Omsk, Novosibirsk, and
Barnaul.
In East Siberia, it became considerably warmer. Noon temperatures were
only -2 degrees in Irkutsk, -8 degrees in Chita.
Dry, warm weather prevailed in Central Asia. Daytime temperatures were
about 8-12 degrees above zero. Weather conditions were good in the Central Asian
republics for carrying on field work.
1 December 1951
On 29 and 30 November, it became somewhat cooler in the western and cen-al
regions of the European USSR. Warm weather continued in the south and east.
On 28 November / ic7, light precipitation in the form of snow and rain fell
throughout the European USSR except the Ukraine, Lower Volga Region, and southern
Urals. Quite heavy rains fell in Azerbaydzhan.
During the first 12 hours of 30 November, snow fell in the northern and
central European USSR. In the south, the weather was dry and warm, favorable
for completion of winter sowing of kok-sagyz.
. Dry weather with light and moderate frosts continued in Siberia. Light
snow fell only in the western areas which border the Urals.
Dry, warm weather favorable for raw cotton and "kurak' harvesting continued
in most areas of the Central Asian republics. Light rains fell only in northern
Uzbek SSR.
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