A brief agrometeorological overview for the 3rd decade of January 2026.
In the third decade of January, in the south and south-east of the republic, the air temperature anomaly was positive to plus 7 ° C, in the Kyzylorda region minus 3 ° C and in the foothills of the Turkestan region, the anomaly was minus 1 °C. In the areas of winter wheat cultivation, precipitation fell mainly near the norm, in the Zhetisu region and the Almaty region less than the norm. In the Turkestan region, shoots are observed on certain observed areas of winter wheat (Kazygurt, Tasaryk, Shymkent stations), and the 3rd leaf is at the T. Ryskulov Aul weather station.
In the Almaty region, in the areas of winter wheat cultivation, the minimum air temperature dropped to minus 15...19 °C, the minimum temperature of the tillering unit of winter wheat was minus 5 ° C. In areas of winter wheat cultivation, precipitation fell below the norm of 3-4 mm (33-62% of the norm). The height of the snow cover was 9-12 cm, the depth of freezing was 31-49 cm.
In the Zhetisu region, in the areas of winter grain cultivation, the minimum air temperature was minus 15...21 °C, snow cover height 7-25 cm, soil freezing depth 18-55 cm. Precipitation fell less than the norm of 4-6 mm (60% of the norm).
In Zhambyl region, the minimum air temperature in winter wheat crops was minus 10...20°C, the minimum soil temperature at the depth of the tillering node is minus 3°C. With precipitation falling mainly around the norm of 5-9 mm (71-116% of the norm), snow cover up to 10 cm high was formed. On the last day of the decade, the soil froze to a depth of 3-16 cm, in places the soil was thawed.
In the areas of winter grain cultivation in the Turkestan region, the minimum air temperature was minus 9...16 ° C, the minimum temperature at the depth of the tillering node of winter wheat was minus 2 ° C, the soil was mostly thawed, only in places the soil froze to a depth of 1 cm, the height of the snow cover was 2-7 cm. Precipitation fell mainly around the annual average of 15-41 mm (56-112% of the norm).
The results of determining plant viability as of January 20 showed that, on average, 2-5% of winter wheat crops in the vicinity of the Merke meteorological station in the Merken district, Nurlykent in the Zhuali district and the Sarykemer agrometeorological post in the Bayzak district died as a result of freezing in the Zhambyl region, 7-9% of crops were damaged at the Tolebi meteorological station in the Shuya district and in the area of the Kordai post in the Kordai district, The plants were in the "grain germination", "germination" and "3-leaf" phases.
In the West Kazakhstan region, in the vicinity of the Peremetnoye post in the Bayterek district, 8% of winter wheat crops died as a result of freezing, the top layer of soil was frozen during sampling, and the snow height was 21 cm.
In the Turkestan region and in the Zhetisu region, the condition of wintering crops is good, damage to agricultural crops has not been established.
In Almaty and the Zhetisu region, the growing of samples of wintering crops continues, the results will be presented in the next bulletin.
On the last day of the decade, cattle were grazing in most of the pastures in the West Kazakhstan region, as well as in the Alginsky district of the Aktobe region. In the Arkalyk district of the Kostanay region, livestock continues to be stabled, and in the Mangystau district of the Mangystau region, livestock breeders are feeding livestock. Frozen sod is observed on pastures in Almaty, West Kazakhstan, Kostanay regions, as well as on individual pastures in Karaganda, Ulytau and Zhetisu regions, raw sod was observed in Aktobe and Mangystau regions. At the end of the decade, pastures were poorly grazed in most of the Aktobe region, moderate grazing was noted in some pastures in Mangystau and Almaty regions, pastures were heavily grazed in most of the West Kazakhstan region and in some pastures in the Karaganda region.
