USSR WEATHER REPORTS FOR NOVEMBER 1953

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• Publication Date: May 24, 1954
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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDEENTTAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AG&KY FORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO #ROADC,AST ,. CD NO.
COUNTRY ussR
SUBJECT Geographic - Weather reports
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED USSR
DATE
PUBLISHED 1-30 Nov 1953
LANGUAGE Russian
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DATE OF
INFORMATION 1953
DATE DIST..arz May 1954
NO. OF PAGES 7
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
USSR WEAn-FR REPORTS FOR NOVEIIDER 1953
(Numbers in parentheses refer to appended sources; underlined
dates refer to dates of Publication; all temperatures are in de-
grees centigrade,]
Yesterday during the day, slightly cloudy, subzero weather prevailed in the
Belor , la? SSR. Temperatures at 1500 hours were one degree s Barano
uc!
below zero in Minsk,
vrsha, Vitebsk, Lida, Slutsk, and Mozyr and zero in Grodno, Brest, Pink, -
vichi, Mogilev, and Polotsk.(1)
2 November
USSR. This morning, slightly cloudy, cold weather prevailed in most of the European
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 6 degrees below zero; it was
one degree above zero at noon today. (2)
Yesterday during the day, slightly cloudy :?eather prevailed iii the Belorussian
SSR. Temperatures at 1500 hours were 2 degrees above zero in Minsk and Bobruysk,
3 in Grodno, 4 in Mogilev, Pinsk, and Lel'chitsy, and 5 in Brest, Gomel', and
Vitebsk.(1)
This morning, a drop in temperatures was recorded in the extreme northeastern
regions of the European USSR.
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Temperatures at 0700 hours this morning were 24 degrees below zero in Vorkhuta,
10 below in Kishinev, 8 below in Stalingrad and Voror.ezh, 6 below in Minsk, Kiev,
and Rostov, 5 below in Odessa and Ufa, 4 below in Leningrad, Gor'kiy, x
and Krasnodar, 3 below in Arkhangelsk, one below in Astrakhan uybyshev,
', one degree zero in Murmansk, 4 in Yerevan, and 11 in Sochi.
above
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 6 degrees below zero; it was
5 below at noon today.(2)
L November
Yes
sign SSRterd Pei Lures he day,
1500sli hslyer cloudy weather prevailed in the Belorus-
Vitebsk, Grodno, Minsk, and Mogilev, and 6 in Pinsk, , degrees above Baranovizerochi, in and Gomel-.(I)
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow as well as the temperature at noon
today were both 5 degrees below zero.(2)
L November
Yesterday during the day, cloudy weather prevailed in the eastern portion
of the Belorussian SSR and slightly cloudy weather in the western portion.
Temperatures at 1500 hours were 5 degrees below zero in Mogilev, 4 below in
Gomel', 2 below in Polotsk, zero in Staryye Dorogi, one degree above zero in
Minsk, 4 in Vileyka, 6 in Grodno, Baranovichi, and Pinsk, and 7 in Brest.(l)
This morning, light snow fell in.some localities in the eastern portion of
the European USSR, the Central Volga Region, and the Komi ASSR.
Temperatures at 0700 hours this morning were 27 degrees below zero in
Vorkuta, 22 below in Sverdlovsk, 14 below in Molotov, 9 below in Kiev, 8 below
in Kharkov, 7 below in Krasnodar, 6 below in Minsk, Rostov, and Stalingrad
5 below in Leningrad, Smolensk, and Kirov, 4 below in Astrakhan', 3 below in
Arkhangelsk
Lvov , Kuybyshev, and Kishinev, 2 below in Riga, one degree above zero in
and Yalta, 2 in Murmansk, and 9 in Sochi.
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 6 degrees below zero; it was
3 below at noon today.(2)
6 _November
the
During the last 24 houra tion of the Belorussian SR s,As a8result,~cloudy weather prevailed of rain western por-
during the day throughout the republic. Precipitation in the form yesterday
snow was recorded in the western portion of the republ'_c. Temperatures at 1500
hours were 3 degrees below zero in --vogrudok, 2 below in Baranovichi, one below
in Lida and Mozyr, zero in Minsk and Gomel', one degree above zero in Mogilev and
Grodno, and 3 in Brest.(1)
7 November
Yesterday during the day, cloudy weather prevailed in the Belorussian SSR.
Light ^recipitation fell in the eastern portion of the republic. Temperatures
at 1500 hours were 2 degrees below ze:o in Mogilev and Vitebsk, one below in Go-
mel' and Minsk, zero in Polotsk, one degree above zero in Pinsk, 2 in Grodno,
and 5 in Brest.(1)
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This morning, snow fell in the western portion of Arkhangel'skaYa Oblast.
Rain was recorded in some
weather prevailed in localities in the Northern Caucasus.
the rest of the Europea. prevailed in the middle and southern Urals and USSR Extremesubzerot in Slightly cloudy
the European USSR, spreading further into the Middle and e Lower Volga nn R rgiegions.ons temperatures
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 4 degrees below zero; it was
one degree at noon today.(2)
8 -November
No weather reports were Published on this day.)
9 November
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 4 degrees below zero; it was
2 below at noon today.(2)
10 November
Yesterday during the day, cloudy weather n Fogs were recorded in the western portion prevailed i. the Belorussian SSR.
1500 hours were one degree below of the republic. Te
one degree above zero in
Lida, zero in Minsk and Mogilev, zeroeintBorisov,
and Mozyr, and 4 in Grodno, Volkovysk,, andaBrest.(1)' 2 In SLutsk
, 3 in Gomel'
Last night's lowest temperature in toscow was zero; it was 2 de
zero at noon today.(2)
grees above
11 November
Yesterday during the day,
SSR. Fogs were recorded mostly cloudy weather prevailed in the Belorussian,
Of-the BR republic. pa
in some localities ir. the western and northern portions
zero in Minsk, 2 in Po a temperatures were zero in Bychikha, one degree above
6 in Grodno, 7 in Pinsk, a
sk, nd 8 inlBrestn(l~aranovichi, 3 in Vitebsk, 5 in Mozyr,
This morning, slightly cloudy weather with light subzero temperatures
vailed in the Ukrainian SSR, the Volga Region, the Northern Caucasus u
southern portion of the central region. gion. , nd the
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow wa;; zero; it was
zero at noon today.(2)
5 degrees above
12 November
Yesterday during the day, cloudy wit}, clearir,E weather prevailed in the
Belorussian SSR. Fog was recorded in some local at
hours were 4 degrees above zero in M ities. Temperatures
Vitebsk, and 6 in Grodno 1500
ogilev, Minsk and Gomel',
Brest, and Pinsk.(1) 5 in Polotsk and
13 November
Yesterday during the day, warm, cloudy weather prevailed in the Belorus-
sian SSR. Light rain fell in some localities in the northern portion of the
republic. Temperatures at 1500 hours were 3 degrees above zero ir. Vitebsk and
Mogilev, and Brest. M (1) Minsk, 1500
and Gomel', 5 in Grodno and Slutsk, and 7 in Pinsk
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Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was zero; it was 2 degrees above
at noon today.(2)
14 November
Yesterday during the day, cloudy weather with rain prevailed in the Belorus-
sian SSR. Moderate to strong southwesterly winds were recorded. Temperatures
at 1500 hours were 4 degrees above zero in Gomel', 5 in Mozyr, Bobruysk, Mogilev,
and Vitebsk, 6 in Minsk, Polotsk, and Baranovichi, and 7 in Grodno and Brest.(l)
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow and the temperature at noon today
were both one degree above zero.(2)
15 November
Yesterday during the day, variable cloudiness prevailed in the Belorussian
SSR. Light rain was recorded in the eastern portion of the republic. Temperatures,
at 1500 hours were 4 degrees above zero in Polotsk, Orsha, and Novogrudok, 5 in
Minsk, Mogilev, Bobruysk, Baranovichi, Brest, and Slutsk, and 6 in Mozyr, Gomel',
and Pinsk.(1)
16 November
mor localities inntheing,centralsnow k Precipitation binsthe form of ASSR, rain dand snow in some
fell in the Ukrainian SSR and Rostovskaya Oblast.
Last night's lowest temperature
2 below at noon today.(2) in Moscow was 5 degrees below zero; it was
Yesterday during the day, mostly overcast weather prevailed in the Belorus-
sian SSR. Snow and light snowstorms were recorded in the eastern portion of
the republic. Temperatures at 1500 hours were 3 degrees below zero in Baranovichi
and Minsk, 2 below in Mogilev, Bobruysk and Pinsk, one below in Polotsk, Gomel',
and Mozyr, zero in Grodno, and one degree above zero in Brest.(l)
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow and the temperature at noon today
were both one degree below zero.(2)
On 16 November, cold weather accompanied by strong northerly winds prevailed
in the Estonian SSR. Daytime temperatures were about zero.(3)
16 November
Yesterday during the day, cloudy with clearing weather prevailed in the
Belorussian SSR. Temperatures at 1500 hours 4 degrees below zero in Barano-
vichi, 3 below in Minsk, 2 below in Polotsk and Slutsk, one below in Mogilev and
Grodno, and zero in Brest and Gomel'.(1)
This morning, snowfalls were recorded in the northern and northeastern re-
gions of the European USSR, Novgorodskaya and Velikolukskaya oblasts, the north-ern the formiof sofnowthan
r de
republics.
some localities in the Caucasus and the Baltic
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 5 degrees below zero; it was
4 below at noon today.(2)
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Yesterday during the day, cloudy weather prevailed in the Belorussian SSR.
Precipitation in the form of snow and rain prevailed in some localities in the
northern portion of the republic. Temperatures at 1500 hours were 2 degrees be-
low zero in Orsha, one below in Mozyr, Bobruysk, Mogilev, and Vitebsk, zero in
Minsk and Gomel', one degree above zero in Grodno and Pinsk, and 3 in Brest.(1)
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 7 degrees below zero; it was
3 below at noon today.(2)
Yesterday during the day, cloudy weather without precipitation prevailed
on the Belorussian SSR. Temperature-, at 1500 hours were zero in Orshaand
Mogilev,
one degree above zero in Minsk, Borisov, and Mozyr, 2 in Grodno and Slutsk, 4 in
oBrest, and 5 in Pinsk.(1)
This morning, snowfallz were recorded in the northern and eastern portion
of the central region, the Middl. Volga Region, and the Northern Caucasus.
Precipitation in the form of rain and wet snow was recorded in the western por-
tion of the central region.
Temperatures. at 0700 hours this morning were 19 degrees below zero in
Nar'yan_Mar, 15 below in Kazan', 14 below in Molotov and Ufa, 13 below in Kuyby-
shev, 12 below in SYktyvkar, 10 below in Stalingrad and Chkalov, 9 below in
zaporozh'ye, 8 below in Kharkov, 7 below in Rostov, 6 below in Gor'kiy, 4 below
in Arkhangelsk and Kishinev, 3 below in Murmansk, Astrakhan', Krasnodar, and
Odessa, 2 below in Vologda, zero in Leningrad and Orel, one degree above zero
in Kiev, Lvov, Minsk, and Smolensk, 2 in Kaliningrad and Yalta, 3 in Yerevan,
4', in Tal1in, and 7 in Sochi.
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 2 degrees below zero;.it
was one degree above zero at noon today. (2)
21 November
Yesterday during the day, cloudy with clearing weather prevailed in the
Belorussian SSR. Light precipitation was recorded in some localities. Tem-
peratures at 1500 hours were one degree above zero in Bychikha, 2 in Vitebsk,
Mogilev, and Minsk, 3 in Gomel', and 4 in Grodno, Pinsk, and Brest.(1)
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 2 degrees below zero; it
was one below at noon today.(2)
22 November
Yesterday during the day, cloudy weather, mostly wihtohoursut were precipizero itation,
prevailed in the Belorussian SSR. Temperatures at 1500 in
Minsk and Grodno, one degree above zero in
Vitebsk, Mogilev, and Mozyr, and
2 ,in \GoceL'.and polgtsk.(1) .
23 November
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 12 degrees below zero; it
was 9 below at noon today.(2)
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Yesterday during the day, cloudy weather with light snowfall prevailed in
the Belorussian SSR. Daytime temperatures were one degree below zero in
Brest, 2 below in Grodno, 4 below in Minsk, Mozyr, and Bobruys}_, 5 below in
Polotsk, 6 below in Gomel' and Mogilev, 7 beloi: in Vitebsk, and 8 below in
Kostyukovichi.(1)
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow and the temperature at noon to-
day were both 16 degrees below zero.(2)
25 November
Yesterday during the day, subzero weather with light snowfall prevailed
in the Belorussian SSR. Temperatures at 1500 hours were 10 degrees below zero
it. Minsk end Vitebsk, 9 below in Orsha, Mogilev, and Moz
and Baranovichi, 7 below in Polotsk, L below in Pinsk, 5 below in Grodno, and
4 below in Breet.(1) yr, below in Slutsk
This morning, cold was
snow fell in the central ther prevailed in most of the European USSR. Light
regions, the Crimea, and the foothills of the Caucasus.
21 belowpin Syktyvkuro720 belowrin Kuybyshev, Voronezh below zero in Molotov,
in Rosto?t, 17 below in Kirovgrad, 14 below in Kiev 1
3 ' below Khnrkov, 18 below
low in Smolensk, 11 below in Minsk 10 below in ' elow in trVoiogda akhan' 12 be-
Simferopol, 8 below in Kaliningrad Yalta, 3 elo Aineni', dad
and one below in Sochi.(2) ' 7 below in Yalta, 3 below in Leningrad
On 24 November, slightly cloudy, subzero weather with light winds pre-
vailed in the Estonian SSR. During the night, temperatures dropped to 10-12
degrees below zero. Daytime temperatures ranged between 3 and 5 degrees below
zero in the western portion of the republic and 7 to 9 below in the eastern por-
tion.(3)
26 November
Yesterday during the day, variable cloudiness prevailed in the Belorussian
SSR. Light snow fell in some localities. Temperatures at 1500 hours were 10
degrees below zero in Volkovysk, 9 below in Grodno, 8 below in Minsk, 7 below
in Brest, Pinsk, and Gomel', 6 below
and 4 below in Drissa.(1) in Mogilev, 5 below in Vitebsk and Polotsk,
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 9 degrees below zero; it was
5 below at noon today.(2)
27 November
Yesterday during the day, slightly cloudy weather prevailed in :out of the
Belorussian SSR. Cloudy weather was recorded in the northeastern portion of the
republic and light snow fell in some localities.
Daytime temperatures were 10 degrees below zero in Sluts k, 9 below in Minsk,
7 below in Grodno, 6 below
2 below in Brest.(l) in Mozyr, 5 below in Gomel', 4 below in Polotsk, and
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revailed in the Lower Volga Region, the
Northern Caucasus, andRostovskaaerbP
last. Temures t-32 d
below zero in some localities inythoes areas, Coldt eatherowasdalso2recordedrins
the Transcaucasus, the Crimea, the Ukrainian SSR, the Belorussian SSR, the ern porti
n of the tralhregion ofothe EuropeantUSSR. Warmcsweather, and
innLeningradshayaen-
Oblast, the Karelo-Finnish SSR, the Kola Peninsula, and the eastern portion of
Arkhangel'skaya Oblast. Snow fell in the Miadle Volga Region.
Temperatures at 0700 hours this morning were 32 aegrces below zero in
Molotov, 29 below in Ufa, 26 below in Chkalov and Vorkhuta, 25 below in Stalin-
grad, 24 below in Astrakhan', 22 below in Rostov, 20 below in Voroshilovgrad,
18 below in Syktyvkar, 17 below in Novosibirsk, 14 below in Minsk and Kishinev,
13 below in Smolensk and Yerevan, 12 below in Kiev, y below it, Rica, 3 below in
Lvov, 6 below in Odessa and Yalta, 3 below In. Gor'Il y, 2 below in Murmansk, one
below in Sukhumi and Vologda, and zero in Arkh.rn e,'s:;, Leningrad, ana Petrozavodsk.
Last night's lowest temperature in Moscow was 10 degrees below zero; it was
9 below at noo:: today. (2)
Yesterday during the day, slightly cloudy weather prevailed in the Belorus-
sian SSR. Temperatures at 1500 hours were 7 degrees below zero in Mogilev and
Baranovichi, 6 below in Minsk, 4 below in Polotsk and Gomel', 2 below in Grodno,
one below in Lel'chitsy and one degree above zero in Brest.(i)
was 10e Ladstgr neeight's lowest temperature in Moscow was 15 degrees below zero; it
s below at noon today.(2)
Yesterday during the day, comparatively ware, weather prevailed in the
-Belorussian SSR. Temperatures at 1500 hours were 2 degrees above zero in Polotsk,
3 in Lida and N.,vogrudok, zero in Minsk and Borisov, one degree below zero in
Mogilev and Volkovysk, 3 below in Gomel', and 4 below in Bragin.(l)
30 November
This morning, cold weather prevailed ir the eastern portion of the European
USSR and the Caucasus. Warm weather prevailed in the western regions of the
European USSR. Snowfall was recorded in Arkh:,ngel'skeya, Vologodska.va, and
skaya oblasts, the eastern portion of the central region, Kirov-
the Middle Volga Region,
and some localities in the Transcaucasus. Precipitation was recorded in the form
of light rains and wet snow in the western portion of the central region. Hain
fell in the Ukrainian SSR and the southern portion of the Baltic republic:..
Temperatures at 0700 hours werel5 'egrees below zero in U:'a, 1.4 below is
Chkalov, Molotov, Kirov, and Astrakhan', 13 beioti: in Kazan', 6 bolo, in SaI'atov,
4 below in Vorkhuta, one below in Tbilisi, zero in Rostov, Voronezh, and Riga,
one degree above zero in vishinev, Leningrad, and nrkhangel'sk, 2 in Sochi, Minsk,
and Kalinin, 3 in Kiev, and 4 in Yalta, Tallin, and L'vov.(2)
SOURCES
1? Minsk, Sovetskaya Belorussiya
2. Moscow, Vechernyaya Moskva
3. Tallin, Sovetskaya Estoniya
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