HUNGARIAN WEATHER REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 1950

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• Publication Date: June 19, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CUISSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL , C O NF I u E N T ~Q~
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
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COUNTRY
Hungary
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1951
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Monthly periodical
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Budapest
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
.....,,aTa,,. ~ert*aF:a REPORT FOR NOVEMBLR~Q
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[Map showing distribution of rainfall is appended
In generalx the weather in November was milder, with more precipita-t7ion
temperatures weret taleas~one degreenhigherreLcentigradewusedepthrougl'lout age
than usual.
November was the second month ~iher month not given] in which the amount
of precipitation everyNhere exceeded the normal. In both months, portions of
Abau~ County received the least precipitation, ~ercentOYlthe normalcin botht
Miskolc ~a,nd 42 mi111meters of Ozd9 which was 98 p
places. The vicinitJ ai the confluemse of the Koros rivers was relatively dry,
with 45 millimeters, 100 percent of normal, recorded at Babocka, and 46 milli-
meters, 101 percent, at Kunhalom.
The most precipitation was report~itihn20hemi111ime~rsYat~Harmasforras~~
taind (north oY the N,agymaros River),
(The preceding figuras were reported after the appended precipitation map was.
completed?) As in the previous months, the southvestareGasztony;s146fmillY ~
cipitatione 152 millimeters, 267 percent of norms].; ercent at Koszeg;,3i40
aleters, 235 percent, at Caurgo; 143 millimeters;`235 p 9
mi,llimetera, 219 percent, at Bares; and 139 mi11.3.meters, 278 Percent, at Fel-
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Early in November. a very cold (?-10 degrees) mass of air from the Urals
and a warm mess (10~-20 degrees) from the Medi.terrAnean met in?i fr ~ 1'~Na~v3~6
across central Europe, Biving rise to continuous rains in Hungary?
p,~e+~#y 0 millimeters? precipitationere ~re?~avy raina~in the eoucthvest ono
y~l~,ere "on the 2d at 6zeged.
}~ gd, especially ~.n Vas and Zala Counties, reaching 80 mil,lime6 rs~el~~~
bakes, 71 millimeters at Lenti, Ci8 m171imaters at Peta~ihalyfa, 3
at Jak, 54 at Kormend, and 52 ~,uimetere at both Szeratigotthard and Zalatarnok.
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Since much rsin bad already fallen in this area, the Zale River overflowed its
banks at several places, and water flooded into a.few houses at Salomvar. A
creek feedjrg into the Zala at Bagodvitez~yed overflowed its banks and also de-
stroyed a br. id.ge ..
Hain continued to fall on the 4th, the greatest asounts falling in Sopron
Covgty;. 67 millimeters at Sopron, 57 at Brennbergbanya, 50 at Koszeg, 36 at
Kapuvar, 34 at Su.ttor, and. 32 millimeters at Fertod. Following these heavy
rains, the Repce River overflowed. on the 5th at Nagyeresd, and the Raba River
was very bidh at Kormend.. At Jaszapati, 14 millimeters' precipitation was re-
ported During these day6 of rain, the temperature ranged betwe:gin 8 and 10 de-
grees, reachingdl2o SBdPgrPes inJonydaKfewcplscesthand,only near thesoilotem-
perature dropp
There w9s occasional light frost on the 5th., The low-pressure centers which
caused the rain of the preceding few days moved eastward, and':~'~
a cooler mass srrtviug from the north and northeast. The overcast was broken,
the amount of precipitation diminished, and nocturnal temperatures dropped.
The cold wave reached..its low point on the 9th, when,the temperature across the
country dropped. below the frost point and temperatures of -5 degrees near the
soil were reported in some places. The 9th was the coldest day of the month at
Baia, Salgotar~an, and the eastern port'~n of the plains. Lowest surface tem-
peraturea were recorded at 3ebrecen, -7 degrees, and at Nyire~rhaza and ?algotar-
,~an, -6 degrees?
On the 9th, xa*m masses of sea sir arrived'~rom the southwest, raising the
temperature to 10 3egrees west of th= Danube. Nocturnal temperatures remained
L_..__.. ~~,. and nyPrrns't on the 10th
low, however, with 3 degrees recorded at Da.,~=~~~~ o
raised nocturnal temperature to 3 degrees at Sopron and. 10 degrees at Debrecen.
A succession of waves of warm air from the Mediterranean brought warmer weather.
The 12th, 13th, and 14th, the warmest days of the month, had temperatures generally
exceeding 15 degrees On the 12th, 16.8 degrees were reported at Keazthely,
16.5 at Kalocsz, 16..4 at Nyiregyhaza, 162 at Szentgotthard, 16.0 at Budapest,
17.1 at Lenti, and 16,4 degrees at Sopron and Szombathely. On the 14th, 17.0
degrees were recorded at Szeged and 15.5 degrees at Turkeve~ --
Less precipitation fell on the 12th and 13th, but rain fell everywhere,
every day. A cool mass entering from the west on the 14th caused general rain
which was especially heavy west of the Danube snd at the northern border. Pre-
cipitation recorded. at Mecsekal~a was 33 millimeters, at Pecs and Somogyvar
27 millimeters, at Nogradszakal and Komarom 26 millimeters, and at Bares and
Mezocs0'.konya 25 mi.llimeters~ There was a sharp decrease in temperature, dropping
to 7-9 degrees on the 15th, and on. the 16th there was general frost which was
intense west of the Danube
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Wpr?m, maritime a.tr arriving from the southwest on the 17th caused a rise
in temperature and the frost lifted everywhere except in the vicinity oP Miskolc
and Nyiregyhaza, Tn the south and southwest, the temperature rose above 10 but
did not exceed 15 degrees After the warm air receded, the overcast broke. On
the night of the 19th, the temperature dropped and the frost set in again with
temperatures of -1,-._~~f`~ degrees generally, and -2, -5 degrees at the-soil sur-
f ace . The a~~''at' II~bYl4=~. ~ 7 de~9~?^
This cold spell was quickly relieved by milder weather, and on the 20th
only a?few places reported surface frost Daily high temperature generally ex- '
ceeded 10 degrees.
On the 23d, cooler air entering from the west gave rise to heavy rains is
the west and at. the no~.thern border. Precipitation recorded at Magastax reached
41 millimeters, at Dios~eno 36, Nogradszakal 34, Kiralyret 33, Ere~lcvadkert 31,
and at Nograd and Harmasforras 30 millimeters. As a result oP the heavy pre-
cipitation, the Ipoly River overflowed its banks.
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The cool wave continued, an3 on the 26th; an even colder mesa of polar air
entered, TherA was no drop in daily high,. with temper//h'ture rising to 6-8 degrees
because of the warming effect of the sr_u, but nocturua~. low temperatures con-
tinued to drop,. reaching the low for the month on the 28th, with -405 degrees
at Putnok, -4..0 at Sopron and lenti, and -3~7 at SzEntgottharda Minus 6>5 de-
grees were recorded at the surface at Soprono
Unusual weather continued d~.;ring the 1ast.2, days of the month On the 30th,
there was only occasional frost In a few p1acE~s, daily high temperatures ex-
ceeded 10 degrees The continuous rain stopped on the 27th, but resumed oa the
29th, and by the jOth it was raining in the efitire country? On the last day of
the month, the country was again blanketed b~' cold polar giro `
~ppended map follows]
Distribution of Precipitation
November 950