Frost in Eastern Russia New Lands Has Little Impact
By Drew Lerner
Kansas City, August 14 (World Weather Inc.) – Frost and a few light freezes occurred during the weekend in portions of Russia’s eastern New Lands. The freezes were up to three weeks earlier than usual, although their impact on crops was minimal because rarely did temperatures fall 
below 32 Fahrenheit or zero Celsius. Another cold airmass will move through the northeastern New Lands later this week that might produce additional frost and a couple of light freezes.
Low temperatures from the northeast Ural Mountain region in to the heart of Russia’s eastern New Lands Sunday morning slipped to the 30s Fahrenheit. Most of the temperatures ranged from 32 to 40 degrees and frost was suspected, although not confirmed. The incidence of frost and light freezes was notably early for some areas impacted. Normally, such conditions would occur in the last days of August and in the first week of September and mostly in the northeastern corner of the New Lands. The earlier than usual occurrence failed to seriously harm crops because temperatures were not quite cold enough for a long enough period. However, some minor impact might have occurred to the quality of spring wheat and especially sunseed.
Another bout of cold air is expected in the same region later this week as a 1030-millibar surface high pressure center moves across the northern New Lands Thursday into Friday. Temperatures will likely slip back into the 30s once again with a few more locations possibly experiencing some negative impact from the cold. Most crops will survive, however.
The most important part of the frost and freezes this week is the fact that they are occurring earlier than usual. World Weather, Inc. has been predicting similar conditions for parts of Canada’s Prairies in early September and the presence of cold air in the Northern Hemisphere today and this week is evidence that the atmosphere is ready to cool and some areas may experience earlier than usual frost and freezes. Immature crops in northern Alberta Canada could be the first crops negatively impacted by early season frost and freezes in a few weeks.
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