USSR WEATHER AND CROP REPORTS, 26 - 31 MAY 1951

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• Publication Date: June 27, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE OF
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DATE DIST. P7 Jun 1951
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PUBLISHED
26 - 31 May 1951
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Sovkhoznaya Gazeta (State Farm Gazette).
USSR WEATHER AND CROP REPORTS,
26---31 MAY 1951
On 24 and 25 May, cool overcast weather prevailed over the greater part of
the European USSR. Snow flurries fell in the Karelo-Finnish SSR, Arkhangelsk
Oblast, and Komi ASSR, Frosts occurred during the night of 25 May nofth of a
line running through Leningrad, Kalinin, and Gor'kiy. Noon air temperature on
2/ May was 4 degrees in Sverdlovsk and Minsk, 8 in Vologda, 9 in Kirov and Len-
ingrad, 10 in Orel, Dnepropetrovsk, and L'vov, 11 in Kazan', Kuybyshev, Rostov
on the Don, and (.or'bit', 12 in Moscow, 11 in Tambov, Voroshilovgrad, and Sim-
feropol', 14 in Saratov, Voronezh, and Kiev, 15 in Kursk and Stalingrad, 16 in
Odessa, 17 in Kishinev, and 18 in Krasnodar.
On 24 May) heavy rains (10 or more millimeters) fell in Voroshilovgrad and
Rostov oblasts, Krasnodar Kray, and on the Black Sea coast of the Transcaucasus.
Quite heavy rains (4-10 millimeters) were recorded in the southern part of Stal-
ingrad Oblast, the western part of Astrakhan' Oblast, and in the southern and
western areas of the Ukraine.
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sown crops are being cultivated. Spring wheat is being weeded in the Kamennaya
Steppe in Voronezh Oblast and potatoes are being thinned around Zhdanov in Stalino
Oblast.
Wart dry weather continuer over the greater part of Siberia, Kazakhstan,
and Central Asia.
29 May 1951
On 27 and 28 May, a gradual warming up took place in the greater portion of
the European part of the country. It became considerably warmer in the western
areas and in the Urals.
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On 28 May, noon temperature was 10 in Kirov and Saratov, 12 in Kuybyshev,
Uor.'kiy, Arkhangel'sk, and Minsk, 13 in Riga, Vologda, and Stalingrad, 14 in
Sverdlovsk, 15 in Kursk, Tambov, and Leningrad, 16 in Orel, Voronezh, Kiev,
Voroshilovgrad, and Rostov on the Don, 17 in Moscow, 21 in Odessa, and 25 in
Kishinev. Frost was observed on the surface of the ground during the night of
28 May in the Baltic countries, Belorussia, ana the western areas of the central
zone.
On 27 May, rain fell in the North Caucasus, along the middle and lower
Volga, in the southern parts of the central regions, and in the eastern areas
of .Belorussia. During the first 12 hours of 28 May, dry weather prevailed
over the greater part of the European USSR; rains fell only in western Latvia
and in Saratov Oblast.
The rains were good for sown crops. The moderately warm weather caused
intensive growth, and winter crops grew more rapidly than usual in most areas.
At the same time, conditions favored the growth of weeds which must be eradicated.
After very hot weather, an intensive but brief cool period, accompanied by
strong winds, set in in West Siberia. Light rains fell locally. In East Siberial
very warm weather continues with daytime temperatures reaching 27-30 degrees.
On 29 and 30 May, overcast and cold weather continued in the northern half
of the European USSR; rain fell in the western, northwestern, and central regions.
During the 24-hour period of 30 May, temperatures fell 7-9 degrees in the north-
west, Belorussia, and northern Ukraine.
It is very warm and dry in the southern and southeastern regions. Maximum
temperatures on 29 May reached 24-27 degrees in the southern and eastern Ukraine,
North Caucasus, and along the lower Volga.
Noon temperature on 30 May ranged between 26 and 28 degrees in Krasnodar,
Odessa, Stalingrad, and Voroshilovgrad, was 24 in Rostov on the Don, 22 in Voro-
nezh, 21 in Tambov, and 20 in Kuybyshev and Gor'kiy.
Past rains had soaked the soil thoroughly, so the warm weather in the south
and southeast is promoting the growth and, deveJopment of crops. Winter rye is
already entering the milky stage in the North Caucasus and has headed out in
Bashkir ASSR.'
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