A brief agrometeorological review for the 2nd decade of December 2025
In the second decade of December, in the south and south-east of the republic, the air temperature anomaly was higher than normal by 2...4 ° C. In areas of winter wheat cultivation, precipitation was mostly higher than normal. Winter grain crops were in a state of winter dormancy.
In the Almaty region, in the areas of winter wheat cultivation, the minimum air temperature was minus 16...20 °C, and the minimum temperature of the winter wheat tillering node dropped to minus 2°C. During the entire decade, winter crops were under a snow cover with a height of 8-11 cm. The depth of soil freezing was from 3 cm to 16 cm.
In the Zhetisu region, in the areas of winter grain cultivation, the minimum air temperature was minus 22...25 ° C. The height of the snow cover was 10-18 cm, the depth of the soil froze to 11 cm.
In the Zhambyl region, the minimum air temperature in winter wheat crops was minus 15...20 °C and the minimum temperature of the tillering unit of winter wheat was within 0 °C. The height of the snow cover was mostly less than 5 cm, the soil was thawed, only in the Kordai region the soil froze to 7 cm, In the Zhualin and Bayzak districts to 1 cm.
In the areas of winter grain cultivation in the Turkestan region, the minimum air temperature was minus 5...11°C, and the minimum temperature of the winter wheat tillering unit was minus 2°C. The soil in the areas of the elevation was mostly thawed, and the soil in the vicinity of the Shymkent weather station froze to 3 cm. The height of the snow cover was 3 cm, the mark in the Tolebi region was 9 cm.
The agrometeorological conditions in the south and south-east of the republic were satisfactory for wintering winter crops. Low air and soil temperatures, which are dangerous for wintering crops, were not observed.
On the last day of the decade, cattle were grazing everywhere in the pastures. In the Alginsky district of the Aktobe region and in the Syrymsky district of the West Kazakhstan region, cattle were transferred to stable keeping, in the Mangistau district of the Mangistau region, livestock breeders are feeding livestock.
Frozen sod is observed in pastures in the Alginsky district of Aktobe region, in the Zhambyl and Balkhash districts of Almaty region, in the Kyzylkoginsky district of Atyrau region, in the Zhanybek and Syrymsky districts of West Kazakhstan region, in the Aktogay district of Karaganda region, in the Arkalyk district of Kostanay region and in the Ulytau District of Ulytau Region, On separate pastures in the north-The West is marked by Raw Sod.
At the end of the decade, pastures were weakly strained for the most part in Aktobe and Ulytau regions, pastures were moderately strained in Balkhash district of Almaty region, Kurmangazinsky district of Atyrau region, Karatal district of Zhetisu region, Akzhaik district of West Kazakhstan region and Arkalyk district of Kostanay region, pastures were heavily strained in Balkhash district of Almaty region, pastures in the Zhambyl district of the Almaty region, in the Syrymsky district of the West Kazakhstan region and in the Aktogay district of the Karaganda region were stripped.
