ABOVE-AVERAGE RAINFALL NOTED THROUGHOUT SOVIET UNION

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 22, 2011
• Sequence Number: 133
• Publication Date: October 3, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENC'f REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
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COUNTRY ussR
SUBJECT Economic; Geographical -Meteorological,
rainfall
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFARMATIAN
ABOVE-AVERAGE RAINFALL NOTED TSROUGHOUT SOVIET UNION
Moskovakaya Pravda, 9 Apr 50
Kiev -- Warm, heavy rains have ralien in the uxrdiiie. In Cdeaa~, 2.^:?il,
Kirovograd, and other oblasts, precipitation amounted to 10-20 and more milli-
meters.
Kazalchstanskaya Pravda, ~2 Apr 50
Kherson -- The Lower Dnieper region is having heavier downpours than it
has had in many years. The water in the dry steppe areas has penetrated deep
into the soil. Orer 20 millimeters of rain fell on 9 April.
Nal'chik -- Kabardinian ASSR has had heavy rainfall which has thoroughly
saturated the soil. As a result, winter crops are growing very well and shoots
of spring crops have appeared.
Kommuniet, 14 Apr 50
Krasnodar -- Warm, spring rains have fallen in the souther and central
regions of Krasnodar Kray. Up to 20 millimeters of rain fell in Aciygey ASSR.
Izvestiya, 27 May 50
Dnepropetrovsk -- Warm rains have been pouring down in Dnepropetrovsk and
Zaporozhye oblasts. According to the oblast meteorological station, precipita-,
tion falling p?sterday in several rayons in Dnepropetrovsk Oblast amounted to
21-34 millimeters, and in Zaporozhye Oblast to 17 millimeters:
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Sovetskaya Moldaviye, 37. May 50
After a prolonged period of hot weather, rain fail in Moldavia. The rain
began in the northern regions and during the course of 2 days spread through-
out the republic. During the night of 30 May, the rain was accompanied by
strong wind and thunder. The heaviest precipitation occurred in the central
and southern regions. In Tiraspol' and Bendery, it rained 42-47 millimeters;
in Leovo and Beltay, 30-34 millimeters; in Komrat and Soroki, 20-22 milli-
meters; and in Kishinev, 16 millimeters.
Sovetskaya Estoniya, ~ Jun 50
Ashkhabad -- Heavy rains have fallen in the eastern Kopet-Dag regions
and over a large area of the. Kara-Kum Desert. On 29 May, 40 millimeters of
precipitation fell in Ashkhabad, a rare occurrence for this time of year in
Turkmenistan.
Sovetskaya Litva, 21 Jun 50
Kurgan -- June in the Western Urals, usually very dry, was rair~y this
year, Heavy precipitation fell several times during the month. On 20 June,
rain was falling for the second consecutive day. The heavy rain portends a
large harvest,
Ashkhabad -- Heavy rain has fallen in the Kopet-Dag region. The city of
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