USSR WEATHER AND CROP INFORMATION, 30 OCTOBER-28 NOVEMBER 1953

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Sel'skoye KhOZy tvo
INFORMATION 1953
REPORT
CD NO,
DATE OF
DATE DIST. /(. Apr 1954
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
USSR WEATRER AND CROP INFORMATION 30 OCTOBER-28 NOVa4B 1953
[Underlined dates refer to days of publication. All tempera-
tures are in degrees centigrade.]
I _November
On 31 October, temperatures dropped in the southwestern portion of the
European USSR and rose in the northern portion. Noon temperatures were one
degree above zero in Arkhangelsk; zero in Odessa, Kishinev, Riga, and Petro-
zavodsk; 2 degrees below zero in Leningrad and Rostov on Don; 3 below in
Kuybyshev, Tambov, Moscow, and Kirov; I+ below in Vologda, Saratov and Groznyy;
5 below in Voronezh; 6 below in Nal'chik; and 7 below in Kursk.
On 30 October, precipitation fell only in the Urals and Caucasus. During
the first 12 hours of 31 October, light snowfalls were recorded in the eastern
portion of the Ukrainian SSR and the eastern regions of the Caucasus. Slightly
cloudy, dry weather prevailed in most of the rest of the European USSR.
Lower temperatures increased in Western Siberia and spread to the east and
into the Kazakh SSR. Noon temperatures dropped to 11 degrees below zero in
Aktyubinsk, Akmolinsk, and Novosibirsk, 13 below in Omsk, and 15 below in Tobol'sk.
During the night, temperatures dropped to 15-20 degrees below zero in Western
Siberia. Snow fell in moat areas of Western Siberia and the Kazakh SSR. Slightly
cloudy weather with slight variations in temperature during a 24-hour period pre-
vailed in Eastern Siberia. Temperatures were 1-3 degrees below zero during the
day and 15-20 below during the night.
Dry weather prevailed in Central Asia. Temperatures rose to 13-18 degrees
above zero during the day, but dropped to 2 degrees below zero during the night.
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INFORMATION FROM
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HOW Economic - Crop conditions
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DATE
PUBLISHED 1-29 Nov 1953
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On 1 and 2 November, slightly cloudy weather prevailed in most of the Euro-
pean USSR. On 2 November, noon temperatures rose to 2-4 degrees above zero in
the southern portion of the Ukrainian SSR, the Northern Caucasus, and the Lower
Volga Region, but dropped to 2-4 degrees below during the night.
Overcast weather with snow in some localities prevailed in the Urals. Noon
temperatures in most areas were about 2 degrees below zero. A snow cover with a
depth of 5-10 centimeters has formed o the east of a line running from Ust'-
Tsi]ma to Molotov, Ufa, and Chkalov. The ground was frozen in most areas of the
eastern and central regions of the European USSR. On 1 November, it was frozen
to a depth of 15-20 centimeters in some localities. The ground was frozen to a
depth of 5-10 centimeters in Penzenskaya, Voronezhskaya, and Stalingradskaya
oblasts.
Cold weather with snowfalls prevailed in Western Siberia and the Kazakh SSR.
Noon temperatures were 8 degrees below zero in Omsk, 10 below in Barnaul and Kra-
snoyarsk, 12 below in Novosibirsk and 15 below in Alonolinsk. A snow cover has
formed in all the area to the north of a line running frcm Aktyubinsk to Akmol-
insk, Barnaul and Kemerovo. -The depth of the snow cover in most areas was less
than 10 centimeters but it was about 12-16 centimeters in Kokchetavskaya and
Alonolinskaya oblasts.
Precipitation in the form of rain and snow fell in the mountain regions of
Central Asia. Temperatures rose to 4 degrees above zero in Tashkent, 8 in Ash-
khabad, and 12 in Stalinabad.
On 3 November, slightly below zero weather prevailed in the northern, north-
2adegeesabelownzero in Stalingrad; 3hbelowginRSaratov,DVologda,eandrKi Kirov; 5ebe-
low in Moscow, Voronezh, and Arkhangelsk; and 9 below in Ufa and Sverdlovsk.
Daytime temperatures were above zero in the rest of the European USSR. Tempera-
tures were 2 degrees above zero in Minsk; 3 in Kiev and Rostov on Don; It in Riga,
L'vov, Dnepropetrovsk., and Simferopol'; 5 in Odessa; and 6 in Krasnodar. Temper-
atures everywhere dropped to 6-9 degrees below zero during the night.
Precipitation was recorded only in the foothill region of the Northern Cau-
casus.
Temperatures dropped considerably in Western Siberia.
Daytime temperatures in Central Asia were 11 degrees above zero in Stalin-
abed, 8 in Ashkhabad and 5 in Tashkent. Subzero temperatures were recorded dur-
ing the night.
5 November
During the night of 1, November, subzero temperatures of 2-8 degrees below
zero were recorded but, during the day, temperatures rose to 2-4 degrees above
zero. Precipitation was recorded only in the foothill region of the Northern
Caucasus. Slightly below zero temperatures prevailed in the northern and central
regions during the day and night. Daytime temperatures were 3 degrees below zero
in Arkhangel'sk, Gor'kiy, and Kursk and 5 below in,Moscow. Temperatures dropped
considerably in the Urals; a drop of 10 degrees was recorded in a 24-hour period.
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With 2 degrees ab~ewperaLUre in Chkalov was 12 degrees below zero compared
above the clay before. It was 13 degrees below zero in Ufa and
10 below in Sv_rdlovsk. Light snowfalls were recorded in Komi ASSR. Tempera-
tures dropped in the Transcaucasus. Heavy rains fell in the Azerbaydzhan SSR
and the western portion of the Georgian SSR.
Extreme subzero temperatures prevailed in Western Siberia and the northern
portion of the Kazakh SSR. During the night of It November, temperatures dropped
to 29 degrees below zero in Omsk and 25 below in Novosibirsk. During the day,
subzero temperatures abated somewhat. Temperatures were 20 degrees below zero
in Omsk, 17 below in Aktyubinsk and Akmolinsk, and 13 below in Barnaul. Snow
fell in Kustanayskaya and Kemerovskaya oblasts and the northern portion of
Krasnodarskiy Kray.
Daytime temperatures in Central Asia were 6 degrees above zero in Tashkent
and 11 degrees above in Stalinabad.
6 November
[No weather reports were published on this date.)
On 6 November, dry weather with daytime temperatures of 2-4 degrees below
zero prevailed in most of the European USSR. Very cold weather prevailed in
Siberia. Daytime temperatures were 15 degrees below zero in Chkalov and 20 be-
low in Ufa. During the night, temperatures in this area dropped to 25 degrees
below zero, an extremely rare temperature for the beginning of November.
Comparatively warm wes.ther, with daytime temperatures above 5 degrees above
zero, prevailed in the Moldavian SSR, the Crimea, and the northern portion of
the Kazakh SSR. Temperatures of 8-10 degrees above zero were recorded in Kras-
nodar and Simferopol'. The growth of grass in pastures is still continuing in
these areas.
Cold weather prevailed in Western Siberia, the Kazakh SSR, and Central Asia.
Noon temperatures in Tashkent and Stalinabad were below zero. Temperatures were
15 degrees below zero in Aktyubinsk and Sem'palatinsk, 20 below in Novosibirsk
and Barnaul, 25 below in Akmolinsk, and about 30 below in Omsk. A snow cover has
formed in Western Siberia and the northern portion of the Kazakh SSR.
Rains and snowfalls were recorded in the Kirgiz and Tadzhik SSRs and the
southeastern portion of the Kazakh SSR.
Rising temperatures accompanied by strong winds prevailed in the northern
and northwestern portions of the European USSR.
Temperatures dropped considerably in the Ukrainian SSR east of the Dnepr,
Rostovskaya Oblast, and the northern portion of the Caspian Sea. During the
night, temperatures dropped to 10 degrees below zero in Dnepropetrovsk and Staliro,
12 below in Rostov on Don, and 18 below in Gur'yev. Similar subzero temperatures
prevailed in Western Siberia, the Kazakh SSR, and Central Asia.
Extreme subzero temperatures prevailed in Western Siberia, the Kazakh SSR,
and Central Asia.
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During the first 12 hours of 10 November, light drizzles fell in the
northern regions and hail was recorded in some localities. A snow cover has
formed in the Urals. Daytime temperatures were about 5 degrees below zero.
Due to rising temperatures the snow cover which had formed in some western
regioncr bar disappeared and the ground has begun to thaw in many localities.
The winter crops and
grass in pactures has resumed in the Crimea.
Subzero temperatures have begun to abate in Siberia and the Kazakh SSR.
Sno?.r1'ulls were recorded in the northern Portion of the Kazakh SSR. Tempera-
tures at 1300 hours Were 10 degrees below zero in Dzhambul, 12 below
Alma-
Ata, 21 below in Novosibirsk and Barnaul, and 23 below in Omsk. Due to the
sno:r cover, winter crops in are standing, the winter well.
12 November
On 11 November, overcaot -nd corparatively warm weather with light driz-
zles prevailed In the northern portion of the European USSR. During the night,
temp erat subzero were
eeabouttzero recently temperatures even in the Urals, where
extrem were acco. prevailed, rose to zero. Rising temper-
a by snowfalls and snowstorms. Temperaturea were 2 de-
grees above zero in Gor'kiy and Vologda and 5 in Moscow, Minsk, and Kuybyshev.
flail was recorded in Yaroslavsi::.ya and Vladimirs]:,.ya oblasts.
, dry weather prevailed in the southern regions. During the night,
temperatures 5 bolas zero in Kishinev, Kherson, and Krasnodar.
Daytime temperatures were 5 degrees above zero in Kishinev and 11 in Krasnodar.
The ground has begun to th-a:: in the central and northwestern regions.
Winter crops are in the quiescent stage everywhere except in the extreme south-
ern regions. A snow cover has form.d in the Ukrainian SSR and in Arlchangel'-
skaya, Kirovskaya, and Gor'kovsl-?aya oblasts.
Temperatures rose in f4,,stcrn Siberia, the Kaza]??h SSR, and Central Asia.
Rising temperatures were accompanied by snowfalls and snowstorms. On 11 Novem-
ber, temperatures in Novosibirsk and Barnaul were 10 degrees below zero compared
with 20 below the day before. It was 6 degrees below in Alma-Ata and Dzhambul.
Temperatures rose to zero in 7 hkent and to 3 degrees above zero _n Ashkhabad.
13 November November, in the0nnorthern portionnof the-rEuropeancust D lttime temperatures prevailed
grees above zero in Arldiangel'sk, Vologda and os tedp6rn Leninr
?gr 3 do-
Riga. During the night, temperatures in the above-mentioned localities1wered
also above ze. Clear, d;y tweather prevailed in the southern regions. Dur-
ing the night, temperat
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to 5-7 degrees below zero, but rose to 3-5 Krasnodar, and Stavropol'
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ng the day.
A light snow cover has formed in the Urals and in some localities in
Arkhangel'skaya, Kirovskaya, Sow'kovokayn, Kostromskaya, Ivanovskaya and Yaro-
slavslc_ya oblasts. There is no snow and the ground is thawing in the Baltic
republics, the Belorussian SSR, and Smolensl4.ya, Kali.ninsknya, Pokovskaya,
Novgorodskaya, and Vclikolu]cs]cay:. oblasts.
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A drop in temperatures has again been recorded in Western Siberia. Day-
time temperatures in Novosibirsk and Barnaul again dropped to 22 degrees below
zero compared with 10-12 degrees below the day before. A snow co?er has formed
in all of Western Siberia and in most of the Kazakh SSR. Winter crops are stand-
ing the winter well. Daytime temperatures were slightly above zero in Central
Asia.
1414 Nrains EuropeeanlUSSR iember, li ncludinggthe Balticrrepublicsnandethe northern nportionnoffthee
Belorussian SSR and snowfalls were recorded in the northern portion of the Urals.
Clear, dry weather, with temperatures during the night of 5-7 degrees below zero,
prevailed in the southern regions.
Daytime temperatures were 5-7 degrees above zero in Leningrad, Riga, Minsk,
and Kishinev; 2-3 in Vologda, Moscow, Orel, Tambov, Rostov on Don, Krasnodar,
and Simferopol'; zero in Stalingrad; one degree below zero in Saratov and Kuyby-
shev; and 5 below in Ufa.
Plant growth has ceased in most localities but pasture conditions are satis-
factory almost everywhere, except in the Urals.
A drop in temperatures was recorded in Western Siberia and the Kazakh SSR.
The daytime temperature in Novosibirsk and Darneul was 26 degrees below zero.
During the night, the temperature dropped to 31 degrees below zero in Karaganda.
Temperatures at 1300 hours were zero in Kzyl-Orda and Alma-Ata, 8 degrees above
zero in Ashkhabad, and 12 in Stalingbad. Winds and heavy snowstorms were re-
corded in many areas.
On 14 November, increasing cloudiness accompanied by a gradual drop in tem-
perature prevailed in the European-USSR. Rising temperatures with rains in some
localities prevailed in the southern regions.
Temperatures rose to 10 degrees above zero in the southern portion of the
Ukrainian SSR, the Crimea, the Moldavian SSR, and the Northern Caucasus, and to
5 degrees in Kursk and Voronezh. Temperatures were about zero in Petrozavodsk,
Moscow, and Cor'kiy and 3 below in Kazan'.
Extreme subzero temperatures prevailed in Western Siberia. Daytime tempera-
tures were 25 degrees below zero and temperatures during the night were 30 de-
grees below zero. Cold weather prevailed also in most of the Kazakh SSR. Tem-
peratures were 4 degrees below zero in Alma-Ata and Kzyl-Orda. Warm weather pre-
vailed in Central Asia. Temperatures were 6 degrees above zero in Tashkent and
10 degrees in Ashkhabad.
17 November
On 16 November, slightly below zero temperatures prevailed in most of the
European USSR except the southern regions.
Temperatures at 1300 hours were 10 degrees below zero in Kirov and Syktyvkar,
4 below in Kazan', 3 below in Minsk, Kursk, and Kuybyshev, about zero in Kiev, 2
degrees above zero in Kishinev, ); in Rostov on Don, 6 in Simferopol', and 8 in
Krasnodar.
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Rains fell in the Crimea, the Moldavian SSR, and most of the Ukrainian SSR.
Snowfalls were recorded in some localities. A light snow cover has formed in
many areas of the central zonL To the northeast of a line running from Yaro-
slavl' to Vladimir, Saransk, and Chkalov, the fields were completely covered
with snow.
Winter crops are standing the winter well. Conditions for the winter pas-
turing of cattle are favorable in the Northern Caucasus.
Snow falls have resumed in Weste?,i Siberia and the northern portion of the
Kazakh SSR. Trmperatures were 20 degrees below zero in Barnaul, 17 below in
Novosibirsk, 15 below in Omsk, and 13 below in Tobol'sk.
Warm weather prevailed in the sou,.iern portion of the Kazakh SSR and in Cen-
tral Asia. Temperatures were h degrees above zero in Kzyl-Or&i and Dzhambul and
12-14 degrees in Ashkhabad, Tashkent, and Stalinebad.
On 17 November, ccmparatively warm weather prevailed in most of the European
USSR. Temperatures did not drop below 1-2 degrees below zero in most areas.
Noon temperatures were zero in Leningrad, Riga, Kishinev, and Odessa; 2 degrees
above zero in Voroshilovgrad and Rostov on Don; 4 in Krasnodar; 9 in Grozny; and
15 in Yerevan.
Temperatures dropped in the northeastern regions, the Urals, and the Middle
Volga Region. Daytime temperatures were 5 degrees below zero in Kazan', 6 below
in Kuybyshev, 9 below in Gor'kiy, 11 below in Chkalov, 12 below in Ufa, and 16
below in Kirov. During the night, temperatures dropped to 15-17 degrees below
zero in the Urals.
On 16 November, heavy snowfalls were recorded in the Belorussian SSR and the
northern portion of the Ukrainian SSR. A light snow cover has formed in these
areas. On 16 November, the boundary of the snow cover in the northeastern portion
of the European USSR followed a line running from Vologda to Moscow, Saratov, and
Aktyubinsk.
During the first 12 hours of 17 November, snow fell in the Urals, the central
chernozem zone, and the Lower Volga Region. Rains fell in the eastern portion of
the Ukrainian SSR, the Crimea, and the Northern Caucasus. During the night, about
30 millimeters of precipitation fell on the Black Sea coast of the Northern Cau-
casus.
Rising temperatures increased in Western Siberia and spread to the south.
Noon temperatures were 7 degrees below zero in Tobol'sk, 8 below in Novosibirsk,
and 9 below in Barnaul, compared with 15-20 degrees the day before. Rising tem-
peratures were accompanied by snowfalls in most areas.
Slightly cloudy, dry, and very warm weather prevailed in Central Asia. Day-
time temperatures rose to 16 degrees above zero in Tashkent and 18 above'in Ash-
khabad.
19 November
On 18 November, cloudy weather with slightly below zero temperatures pre-
vailed in most of the European USSR. Rising temperatures accompanied by precipi-
tation in the form of rain and snow prevailed in the northwestern regions. Sub-
zero temperatures abated considerably in the Urals. Noon temperatures rose to 5
degrees above zero in Riga, one degree above zero in Odessa, and zero in Leningrad,
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Kishinev, Voroshilovgrad, Stalingrad, Rostov on Don, and Krasnodar. Daytime
temperatures were one degree below zero in Arkhangelsk, Minsk, and Kiev; 2
below in Dnepropetrovsk and Chkalov; 3 below in Kuybyshev; It below in Voronezh
and Moscow; 5 below in Vologda; 8 below in Sverdlovsk; 9 below in Ufa; 10 be-
low in Kazan'; 15 in Kirov; and 17 below in Syktyvkar.
Cloudy weather accompanied by snowfalls with temperatures ranging between
6 and 8 degrees below zero prevailed in Western Siberia. Temperatures rose con-
siderably in the Kazakh SSR.
20 November
On 19 November, very warm weather prevailed in the western and northwestern
regions of the European USSR. Noon temperatures ware 5 degrees above zero in
L'vov and Rita, 3 in Leningrad, 2 in Kishinev, and one degree in Kiev and Velikiye
Luki. Temperatures dropped in the Crimea, the Northern Caucasus, and the Lower
Volga Region. Snow fell in Krasnodarskiy Kray. Temperatures were 4 degrees below
zero in Rostov on Don and Simferopol', 5 below in Stalingrad and Voroshilovgrad,
6 below in Voronezh, Kuybyshev, and Tambov, 8 below in Saratov and Kazan', 10 be-
low in Gor'kiy, and 13 below in Kirov.
A light snow cover has formed in some localities in Krasnodarskiy and Stav-
ropol'skiy krays. A snow cover has also formed in the eastern portion of the
Ukrainian SSR and most of Rostovskaya and Stalingradskaya oblasts. During the
first 12 hours of 19 November, snow fell in the Urals and Middle Volga Region.
Temperatures dropped in Western Siberia. Temperatures were 11 degrees below
zero in Barnaul?and Krasnoyarsk, 12 below in Novosibirsk, 15 below in Omsk, and 17
below in Tobol'sk. Slightly cloudy weather with temperatures ranging between 26
and 32 degrees below zero prevailed in Eastern Siberia.
Very warm, dry weather prevailed in Central Asia. Daytime temperatures were
18 degrees above zero in Ashkhabad, 19 in Tashkent, and 20 in Stalinabad.
21 November
On 20 Novemba:, rising temperatures which began in the western regions of
the European USSR spread i