Published 05.03.2024 In the third decade of February, in the areas of winter crops in the south and south-east of the republic, the weather was colder than usual, the air temperature anomaly dropped to minus 3 ... 7 ° C, precipitation was mostly less than normal, only in some areas of the south about normal.
Thaws were observed everywhere in the south-east for 1-4 days, in the south for 2-7 days. The past intense thaws alternated with daytime positive and nighttime negative air temperatures in the south to minus 12...14 ° C and in the southeast to minus 7...15 ° C, in places to minus 27...28 ° C, may be dangerous for poorly developed winter wheat crops (development phase: seedlings - 3rd leaf).
In Almaty and Zhetysu regions, in the areas of winter crops cultivation, the average decadal air temperature was lower by 5...8 ° C, with a snow cover height from 2-9 to 13-26 cm, which had a protective effect on plants. In some areas of the Zhetysu region, where the snow cover height was less than 10 cm during cold spells, the minimum temperature on the soil surface dropped to minus 28 ° C, which was dangerous for winter crops and which can cause damage to varying degrees.
The amount of precipitation over the decade was 5-11 mm, the depth of soil freezing was 43-64 cm. The minimum soil temperature at the depth of the tillering node (3 cm) of winter wheat was minus 5...8 °C.
In Zhambyl and Turkestan regions, the average decadal air temperature was lower by 5...8 ° C, snow cover on the last day of the decade reached from 1-3 to 9 cm, in places it was absent, which, with a decrease in air temperature, can affect the conditions of overwintering crops.
The amount of precipitation over the decade was 5-10 mm, which is below the norm, in some areas about the norm of 18-22 mm. The depth of soil freezing ranged from 2 cm to 17 cm. The minimum soil temperature at the depth of the tillering node (3 cm) of winter wheat was minus 3 °C.
In the predominant territory of the south and south-east, the agrometeorological conditions for wintering winter crops were 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 was observed on a larger area of pasture livestock, wet and dry sod was observed on some pastures in Mangystau and Atyrau regions.