USSR WEATHER AND CROP REPORTS, 2 - 28 JUNE 1951

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• Publication Date: July 20, 1951
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
Geographic - Weather
Thrice-weekly newspaper
Moscow
2 - 28 June 1951
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DATE OF
INFORMATION 1951
DATE DIST. -90 Jul 1951
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
SOURCE SovkboznayaGazeta (State Farm Gazettel.
?R WFAATHER AND CROP REPORTS-
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2 June 1951
On 31 May, cool weather continued in the greater part of the European USSR.
The cool weather spread to Moldavia, much of the Ukraine, and the middle Volga area,
,1,;)d was accompanied by strong winds and heavy rains: Considerable rain also fell
i the northern and eastern regions of the EIT.uropean USSR.
On 1 ne, the daytime temperature was 5 degrees centigrade in Arkhangelsk,
in rad,
Saratonvin20
10 in
14 in Simferopol', Stalingrad, kand kKuybyshev, M'5c in Rostov on Sverdlovsk, kand 12
in Krasnodar and Tbilisi. and 26 in Nal'chik and Yereven.
Cold overcast weather with heavy rain prevailed in Kr'asnoyarsks. on ri orskiy
krays. Quite heavy rains fell in the middle Urals and in a large po of West
Siberia.
Warm, dry weather continued in Central Asia and Kazakhstan. The temperature
reached 23-30 degrees there,
Past rains had a favorable effect on the crops Winter wh?atkisheadingso uth-
as far, north as a line running through. Stanislav, Kiev, Sumy,
ern parts of Voronezh and Saratov oblasts,
Winter wheat has entered the milky stage in some areas of Ismail' and Crimea
obla.et as well as in Krasnodar and Stavropol" krays.
5 June 1 1
.No weather report war issued on 5 June.
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7 J!i.*.!~: 1951
- On 5and 6 of June, slightly cloWty weather without prec=pitstic_ prevailed
over the greater part of the European LSSR,. Cloudy weather with slight rain pre-
vatle9 only in the Kola Peninsula.ani locally in the eastern regions of the European
USER. Heavy rains of short tzrG.t:ton fell in the Caucasus. The amount of precipi-
tation in some places exceeded 10 millimeters over a 24-hour period...
Or 6 June, the noon temperature was 9 degrees it Ufa, 12 in Petrozevodsk, 13
in Sver3.lovsk. 14 in Axkhargel:k. 15 in Kirov and Syktvvkar.. 16 ?n Kazan, 17 in
Nal"c?iik, Kuybyshev, ar C:hksI.o.r 1.9 to Gor ki.y. 19 i.n Lenlngrad- and
200,
in Riga, Lvov, and Vorone.O, '.n Mn;;:.ow sna Odessa, 23
Rostov on Den, and Yerevan. ?i r Vorsh'1ovgrad and Simferopol 25 in Kishinev
and Kresnodar,
..___~._? on F June
In West Siberia, the hot,, Irv Sp,:i L ~.nntinued ~..iy ..
h.i...:?,k, a.n
vas 21 d.egrees in Omsk, 27 in Nnvo~i.. d 32 in harnaul In ?entr-il Asia and
the majority of the oblasts of Koz Lknvte.n, wsznn flay weather cert. nuel.
The hot ll an~recent r,.L,ns in most. parts of tr- Euror,e:Ln 1395R created
and.
favorable conditions for the growth and .development of _ropt A. considerable por-
tion of the European USSR is eKp,?rienr1ng e : '-ent COLVjit.tons for the harvesting
of winter crops In the 'rk-ainian SS.R., in the -uthrrn oh.lastt of the Center,
sea vtett };as reached the stemming out stage,
and in the Middle Volga a*???~ :;,,
In a number of ray::',- in Krasnoyarsk Krwj, the blooming of spring wheat has
been noted.
9 June_1951
On 7 and 8 June, brief rains ant thunderstorms were observed .a the northweat-
ern Ukrainian SSR, in the 3elrru=sign SSR, arid. in the nortlbern enA. northeastern
an ,r SF ting in. the Th-a1:3,
in the central regions, and in the Lithuanian S.R. The milky stage has been reached
south of the central chernozen zone. In the southern Ukraine, in Moldavia. and
in the northern Caucasus, the waxy stage has been reached.
Weather conditions were favorable for conducting field. work in most parts of
the European USSR.
The weather was ivery vaxm in s and West
more Siberia,
then 10 millimeters of p eccipitation...
and Novosibirsk oblasts and p..
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During the first 12 hours of 25 June, the temperature was 22 d.sgrees in Novo-
sibirsk, 24 in Krasnoyarsk, 25 in Irkutsk, 27 in Bar'naul, 28 in Blagoveshchensk,
and 30 in Chita.
23 June 19 1 -
On 26 and 27 June, warm, r weather rn evailed over moat parts of the European
USSR. Overcast weatho 14th showers was observed only in the extreme northern
regions. Bri f showers fell in he !ast and in theextrem west. Duringftheefirst
degrees
12 hours of 27 tuwa 15 temperature
and 17 in Chkalov.
rcpean USSR,, it was s 15 degrees
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Or, 21 and. 22 June, the weather was rocderately warm in the northwestern half
of the European USSR and hot in the southeastern half.
On 21 June, heavy rains ant tbunder.stor-s furnished 20 millimeters of pre-
cipitation to localities in the western and northern ob.lasts of the Ukrainian SSR,
and in certain central rayons , Light showers also fell In the north. and north.-
ee.st, During the first 12 hours o? 22 June. rain was observed in the central
r'.alone
W3I"ID or, development Winter hop _ =act,., ,',~ stage
wE"sthet' Y ?'StP.:_ej ?._ r
In the souther n di districts of t.~t, ilkr9._ne, in the northe??p ly11 AS11' s.nd in the
Lover Volga region (as fa_ cc Kescyahinl.. In the northern r.erzions. winter rye was
hePrtding out and in the . central ! r.lh it was s blooming, Spring wheat reached the
n
stemming out stage in t!_-f West; the Center, s.nl u he r.ralo 'r a 'hi ons' ng in
the Ukraine and. in the e Central Volga region, while in the ?..