Agrometeorology: mostly dry, summery warm, sunny weather helps the harvest

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They wrote: a significant amount of precipitation fell in a significant part of the country in the past week, with precipitation between 30-75 millimeters falling in many places in Transdanubia, but 20-40 millimeters fell in the Northern Central Mountains and Budapest, while 20 millimeters occurred in patches in the Great Plain, and in many places there was no precipitation or only a negligible amount. The weekend rainfall moistened the upper 30-40 cm soil layer in Transdanubia, Nógrád and in the spots affected by the downpours, while the layer deeper than half a meter is very dry almost all over the country. A third of the country is still in a high or severe drought. Overall, the temperature was 3-5 degrees Celsius warmer than usual east of the Danube, while 1-2 degrees warmer to the west.

According to the analysis, summer crops have been extremely affected by the drought that has lasted since June

Although some parts of the country were irrigated by heavy rainfall at certain times, the green mass of most crops was much less than usual, and plant drying soon began. In the unirrigated fields, there are large regional differences in accordance with the rainfall distribution, and the harvest is very poor in a large area in the central part of the country, but mainly in the Great Plain and the northeast, where the outlook is still acceptable, there are nice green corn fields.

Current field work includes sowing rapeseed and soil preparation for it

As was written, the sowing area of ​​this crop is decreasing, among other things, due to the dry springs of recent years. Where at least 20 millimeters of rain has fallen in recent days, the soil can be prepared there, but in many places in the central and eastern parts of the country the soil is too dry for this. According to the forecast, dry, sunny, summer-like weather is expected to continue. The temperature will not change significantly: the air will cool down to between 12-17 degrees at night, and 27-32 degrees during the day.

MTI