GEOGRAPHIC - WEATHER CONDITIONS ECONOMIC - CROP CONDITIONS

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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2011
• Sequence Number: 65
• Publication Date: October 7, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICAT~~NN COtIPIDEIdTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD N0.
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COUNTRY
SUBJECT
USSR DATE OF
INFORMATION
Geographic -Weather conditions
1953
HOW
Economic - Crop
conditions
PUBLISHED
WHERE
Daily newspaper
DATE DIST. ~
Oct 1953
PUBLISHED
DATE
Moscow
N0, OF PAGES
6
PUBLISHED
LANGUAGE
8 _ 25 Aug 1953
Russian
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USSR WEATf~R AND CROP INFORMATION, 7 - 24 AUGUST 1953
underlined dates refer tc days of publication. All tempera-
tures are in degrees centigrade,]
8 August
On 7 August, cloudy weather prevailed in most of the European USSR. Rains
fell throughout the area lying we;t of a line running through Arkhangelsk, Yaro-
slavl', Ryazan', Joronezh, and ^Ielitopol'. Rains also fell Sn the Komi ASSR,
Kirovskaya, U1'yanovsksya, Kryb~,shevskaya, and Ssratovskaya oblasts, and in the
foothill areas of thr Tiort?;ern Caucasus ?n many areas, total precipitation dur-
ing the first 12 hours ut cne day amounted to 11-19 millimeters.
In the western half of the F:,tropean USSR, where rains fell, daytime tempera-
tures rose 'io only 14-17 degrees as, for example, in Riga, N,oscow, Minsk, and
Kiev; in the extreme ;oath, they rose ko 21-22 degrees. It was hot in the Urals,
througho~rt the ~/oiga Rog>,or., ar:i in the Plort:t~rn Caucasus. Day*?ime temperatures
were 27 degrees in Kirov, 28 in Sverdlovsk and Kazan', 30 in Chkalov and Saratov,
and 32-33 in Kuybyshev, Stalingrad, and Stavropol'.
The plowed layer of soil on all summet? fallowe~ fields in all regions west
of n line running from Kishinev to Syktyvkar was thoroughly srll;ed by rains; this
fact wi).l make conditions favorable fcr the sowing of winter ,+,rains. The soil
was also well ~~oisten?:d by rains wt,ich fall in the Pniga Region, Kirovskaya
Oblast, and the Komi ASSR. Zi was reported frw.~ Melitepol' that watermelons
were being harvested there.
T_t was very warm in Western ar_d Eastern Siberia. Daytime temperatures rose
to 28-31 degrees. Rair_s were observed ir. Omskaya Oblast, the Transbaykal the
Far East, and the Yakutskaya ASSR.
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9_- 11 August
~o weather and crop information xas published on these dates
12 August
On 11 August, warm, dry weather prevailed in most of the European USSR.
Light rains fell in the Baltic republics, the northwestern European USSR, and
the Karelo-Finnish SSR. Rains also fell throughout the Komi ASSR, the Chu-
vaehskaya, Udmurtskaya, Tatarskaya, sad Bashkirskaya ASSRs, and Kirovskaya
U1'yanovakaya, Kuybyahevskays, end Chkalovskaya oblasts; in the southeastern
portion of this zone, up to 45 millimeters of precipitation were recorded
during the first 12 hours of the day. The rains which fell Sn the north-
eastern portion of the European USSR created good :onditions for the sprout-
ing of eown winter craps. Winter rye ha3 already sprou*.ed in come parts of
Molotovskaya and Kirovskaya oblasts an3 the Udmurt:akaya ASSR.
Noon temperatures generally ranged between 22 and 24 degrees. It xas
somewhat cooler in those areas where rain; fell; the thermometer registered
15 degrees in Petrozavodsk and Kazan' an3 19 in Cor'kiy. The weather was
warmer in the southern Ukraine, the Crimea, the Northern Caucasus, and the
Lower Volga Regdom, temperatures were 2'7 3egrees in Stalingrad an3 28 is Ros-
tov-on-Don.
It Xaa Warm an3 3ry 1n Wester: Siberia. Temperatures were 20 degrees in
Toboi'ak and 23 ir. Omsk during the day. Rains fe1'_ in the northern parts o*
Krasnoyarskiy Kray and Irkutskaya Oblast an3 also in r.he Buryat-Mongol'skaya
ASSR. Heavy rains continued ir, Amurskaya Oblast and Khabarovskiy Kray. It
was very warm and dry in Central Asia.
13 August
On 12 Ang'Sat, moderately va:m, icy veether prevailed rn mosi of the Euro-
pean USSR. Showers, x~th *.hunderetorm~ at acme paces, fell In the central
and northern portions of the Eu:opean USSR and also in the Urals. Noon
temperatures were 15-17 degrees '.n Le:~ngrad, Pet:ozsvodsk, and Vologda and
19-2 in Minsk, Moscw, Gor'kiy, an3 O:ei. Tempe:stures ::copped sharply in t?hr.
Urals; during the Say, the thermometer read 22 3egrees, as compared with 28
degre~a the day before.
The weather was warm and snany in the Ukraine, i7ort?hern Caucasus, and
Lower Volga Region. DaytimE temperatures ranged between 25 an3 27 3egrees.
Harvesting of sunflowers has begun ir. Stavropol`skiy and Krasnodarekiy krays.
The first cotton bolls have epene. ir. the Nikh]ch:. Temperatures were 17-19
degrees .in Petroz.avodsk, LEningrad, Kirov, and Sverdiovek, 24 in Riga, Mosccw,
and Kuybyshev, 29 ir. L`vov, Rostov-oc?Doa, an3 Krasnodar, jO in Odessa
and Simierotol', and 32 ir. Kishinev,
Siinler grain crops are sprouting i:: regions where they were scrap
nround t,!e middle of Aug;!st. MazE has rr.?er,he.', the wsxy matuz.ty stage
around Nevinnomyssk fn Stavropol~skiy Kray and around blozdok ir. the Severo-
Osetinkays ASSR. In a number o? p]ace:; ir. t.hE A.zerbaydzhan SSR the fixet
cotton bolls have opened.
After a lengthy drv period, r.ainc. fell in Sverdlovskaya. Kurganskaye,
an3 TyumersY,sya oblast=_; during the firs i2 hours of the day, they totaled
between 7 and 12 millimeters, Dayt_ae temperatures we:c 17 degrees in
Toboi`sk, 23 i!: Omsk, an3 25 in ;7ovo;it:rsk and Barr>u1.
It was ho+. snd dry in the rzr*,r>i Y.._ar. republi_s. cotton harve;.t.ing
has begun around Dangara and Sha3rtuz in~the Tadzhik SS9 and the first cotton
bolls have opened around Voroshilovahad and Ki:ovsbad in the Tadzhik SSR and
Bukhara, Dzhizsk, and Fergana ir. the [Jzbek SSR.
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25 August
On 24 August, the weather vas cool in the northern and eastern portions of
the European USSR, warm is the central portion, and hot in the southern portion.
During the first 12 hours of the day, rains fell in the extreme western portions
of the Ukraine and Belorussia and at some places in Lithuania, Novgorodskaya,
Leningx'sdskaya, and Vologodakaya oblasts, the Karelo-Finnish SSR, and the Urals.
It was dry in the rest of the European USSR,
Noon temperatures ranged between 17 and 18 degrees in most of Western
Siberia, with the exception of Altayskiy Kray; they were also below these figures
in Omsk and Tobol'sk. Similar temperatures were observed In the northern
portion of Kazakhstan, with the exception of the northeaste:^n areas. In
Altayskiy Kray and ad~oining areas of ue~,o.khstan, temperatures rose to 23 - 25
degrees. Rains fell in Kustanayskaya,Kokcheta~skaya, and Severo-Kazakhstan-
skaya oblasta and in many areas of Western Siberia.
It was dry and temperatures ranged between 29 and 35 deg.?~~s in southern
Kazakhstan and the Central Asian republics.
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