USSR WEATHER AND CROP REPORTS, 2 - 16 MAY 1952

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 19, 2011
• Sequence Number: 113
• Publication Date: June 13, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRALIN ELL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
HOW
PUBLISHED
WHERE
PUBLISHED
DATE
PUBLISHED
LANGUAGE
Geographic - Weather
Economic - Crops
Thrice-weekly newspaper
Moscow
4 - 17 May 1952
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REPORT
CD NO.
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INFORMATION 1952
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REPORT NO.
USSR WEATHER AND CROP REPa TS, 2 - 16 MAY 1952
4 May 1952
On 2 and 3 May, mostly slightly cloudy, warm weather prevailed in the
southern half of the European USSR, chile comparatively cold weather was ob-
served in the northern and northwestern portions. Rain fell in Gor'kiy,
Vladimir, Moscow, Leningrad, and Novgorod oblasts.
On 3 May, daytime temperatures were 2 degrees in Leningrad and Petrozavodsk,
5 in Sverdlovsk, 6 in Velikiye Luki and Ufa, 7 in Gor'kiy and Chkalov, 9 In Vo-
logda.and Ki. ?v, 10 in Riga, Minsk, and Lvov, 12 in Kuybyahev and Makhachkala,
14 in Moscow, 17 in Tambov and Kiev, 18'in Kursk and Stalingrad, 19 in Orel,
Voronezh, and Krasnodar, 20 in Odessa, 22 in Simferopol', and 23 in Kishinev,
Dnepropetrovsk, Voroshilovgrad, and Rostov on the Don.
Cold weather continued and snow fell locally in Weste-n Siberia and
northern Kazakhstan. On 3 May, noon t?mrp?raturee were 2 degrees below zero
in Barnaul, 1 degree below zero in Novosibirsk and Akmolinsk, zero in Omsk and
Semipalatinsk, 3 degrees above zero in Tobol'sk, and 4 in Aktyubinak.
It was warm in Central Asia. Dayt_me temperatures were 20-25 degrees.
In the Ukraine and Northern Caucasus, winter crops are growing well;
spring crops are forming the third leaf, although locally they are entering
the bushing stage.
6 May 1952
On 4 and 5 May, cool, slightly cloudy weather continued in most of the
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