A brief agrometeorological review for the 1st decade of December 2025.
In the Almaty, Zhambyl and Turkestan regions, the average temperature dropped to 5 °C and below in the observed areas of winter grain crops, thereby stopping the vegetation of winter crops. Precipitation was mostly higher and about the average annual values. Snow cover reached up to 11 cm in the Uygur district of the Almaty region, 3-6 cm in the Zhambyl region, 11-24 cm in the Zhualin, Kordai, Merken and T.Ryskulovsky districts, and 22 cm in the Tolebi district of the Turkestan region. In the south of the east, the soil froze to a depth of 1-7 cm, in the south, the soil was mostly thawed. The minimum temperature of the tillering node for winter crops dropped to minus 5 °C.
On the last day of the decade, cattle were grazing everywhere in the pastures.
Frozen sod is observed on pastures in Irgiz and Alginsky districts of Aktobe region, Zhambyl and Balkhash districts of Almaty region, Kyzylkoginsky district of Atyrau region, Talas district of Zhambyl region, Zhanybek district of West Kazakhstan region, Aktogay district of Karaganda region, Arkalyk district of Kostanay region and Ulytau district of Ulytau region, on separate pastures in the north-west In the southwest, there is a wet sod, in the southeast and south, the sod is dry.
At the end of the decade, pastures were poorly drained in most of the pastures in Aktobe, in some places in Kyzylorda and Ulytau regions, pastures were not drained in Talas district of Zhambyl region, strongly drained in Zhambyl district of Almaty region, in Zhanibek district of West Kazakhstan region and in Aktogay district of Karaganda region, and the rest of the pastures were moderately drained.