In the second decade of December in the south and south-east of the republic in the areas of cultivation of winter crops, the temperature background was below normal, precipitation was not observed.
Lowering the air temperature at night to minus 10 ...18 ° C, in some places up to 19 ...23 ° C (Almaty region), in the absence of snow cover in some areas can lead to freezing of winter crops in the south and south–east of the country.
The intense thaw that took place within 1-6 days in Almaty and Zhambyl regions, within 7 days in Turkestan region could lead to the loss of hardening of winter wheat, which contributes to a decrease in winter hardiness of plants.
The minimum soil temperature at a depth (3 cm) of the winter wheat tillering node in the Almaty region was minus 4 ° C, in the Turkestan region it ranged from 0 ° C to minus 2 ° C.
More information about the agrometeorological review for the 2nd decade of December 2022 can be found by following the link https://www.kazhydromet.kz/ru/agrometeorology/kratkiy-obzor-agrometeorologicheskih-usloviy