Published 26.02.2024 In the second decade of February, in the areas of winter crops cultivation in the south and south-east of the republic, the weather was not stable, the air temperature anomaly increased by 1 ... 4 ° C and dropped to minus 5 ° C, in the south-east precipitation was mainly observed near and above normal and in the south less than normal.
The past intense thaws in the south and south-east of the country for up to 1-3 days, alternating with daytime positive and nighttime negative air temperatures in the south to minus 7 ...14 ° C and in the south-east to minus 14 ...23 ° C, in places to minus 28...30 ° C, may be dangerous for poorly developed winter wheat crops (development phase: seedlings - 3rd leaf).
In Almaty and Zhetysu regions, in areas of winter crop cultivation, the height of the snow cover was from 6-15 to 17-28 cm, which had a protective effect on plants. In the area of the Kyrgyzsai and Taldykorgan weather stations, the snow cover height was 6-8 cm, which can negatively affect the winter hardiness of plants.
In Zhambyl and Turkestan regions, snow cover on the last day of the decade reached from 1-6 cm to 15 cm, in places it was absent, which, with a decrease in air temperature, can affect the conditions of overwintering crops.
In the vicinity of the Shymkent weather station, at the beginning of the decade, the resumption of vegetation was noted, which ended at the end of the decade due to a decrease in air temperature.
In Almaty and Zhetusu regions, the depth of soil freezing ranged from 34 cm to 43 cm, in Zhambyl and Turkestan regions it ranged from 5 cm to 12 cm.
The minimum soil temperature at the depth of the tillering node (3 cm) of winter wheat was minus 4...8 °C.
The conditions for wintering plants were mostly satisfactory.
At the end of the decade, pastures in most regions were moderately grazed, pastures in the Almaty region (Aidarly station), in the Zhetysu region (Akzhar station), in the West Kazakhstan region (Buldurt, Taipak stations), in the Karaganda region (Bektauata station) were severely grazed.
Frozen sod, wet sod on some pastures in the Mangystau region, and dry sod on pastures in the Moyinkum and Shuisky districts of the Zhambyl region were noted on a larger area of pasture farming.