Agrometeorology: drought is intensifying, forced ripening of summer crops is expected

They wrote: the weather of the past week was characterized by mostly sunny, warm weather with atmospheric dryness, and no precipitation at all. The total precipitation of the past 30 days was 20-60 millimeters below the multi-year average almost nationwide, with only a few spots affected by major cloudbursts receiving a satisfactory amount. In a large area between the Danube and Tisza rivers, not even 10 millimeters of precipitation has fallen since mid-July.

The territorial extent and extent of the drought have both increased compared to the situation a week ago. In more than half of the country, the moisture content of the upper half-meter layer does not reach 25 percent in proportion to the amount of water usable by plants, and the deeper soil layer has been extremely dry since mid-June.

The average temperature was typically 2-4 degrees Celsius above the long-term average. The heat peaked on Sunday, when the maximum temperatures were between 35-40 degrees, and then on Monday only values ​​of around 30 degrees were measured, but since then warming has begun again. However, the temperature typically drops to around 15 degrees at night, which is partly due to the low humidity.

Summer plants are underdeveloped in many places, their green mass is much less than usual at this time of year, and a very poor harvest is expected in the extensive area of the Great Plain, for example, corn has not formed ears in many places. However, there are regions where the outlook is still acceptable. In the immediate vicinity of Miskolc, for example, the waxing corn fields are still beautifully green, and the cobs are also showing well, while the sunflowers also have quite nice plates, they wrote.