In the Zhambyl and Turkestan regions, the average temperature in the observed winter wheat plots dropped to 5 °C and below, thereby the vegetation of winter wheat stopped. A small snow cover of 3-6 cm was formed, 12 cm in the vicinity of the Tasaryk weather station in the Turkestan region. In most areas of these regions, the soil was frozen to a depth of 1-4 cm, in places up to 11 cm, in some fields the soil was thawed. The minimum air temperature dropped to minus 13...20°With and the minimum soil temperature at a depth (3 cm) of the tillering node of winter wheat decreased to minus 2... 5 ° C, in the vicinity of the Kordai agropost of the Zhambyl region minus 10 ° C, as well as past thaws during the decade (2-4 days) can affect the winter hardiness of underdeveloped winter wheat crops.
In the observed areas of the Almaty region and the Zhetisu region, a snow cover with a height of 4-10 cm was formed, in places 14-18 cm. The minimum air temperature dropped to minus 13...19With and the minimum soil temperature at a depth (3 cm) of the tillering node of winter wheat decreased to minus 1C. The freezing depth ranged from 6-12 cm to 12-23 cm.
In most of the territory of the distillery, pastures are moderately grazed, some pastures in the Aktobe region have weak grazing, pastures in the Irgiz district of the Aktobe region are not grazed, pastures in the Zhambyl district of the Almaty region are strongly grazed. Frozen sod is observed in most pastures, and in some pastures in the northwest, southwest, and southeast, the sod is damp.