AGRO-METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS

Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural

Markets

26 November 2020

• Warm or mild conditions prevailed in most of

Europe.

• Colder conditions at the beginning of December partly offset

the exceptional temperature surplus of November.

• Autumn as a whole has been one of the warmest in

records, especially in eastern and northern Europe.

Agrometeorological overview (I)

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• Dry conditions in most of central, eastern and

south-eastern Europe.

• This allowed sowings to be completed in delayed regions,

although not always within the optimal sowing window.

• Wet conditions observed in large IT, southern ES,

Sweden and Finland.

• Northern IT was affected flood events, heavy rainfall and

snowfall at the beginning of December.

Agrometeorological overview (II)

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Extreme weather events

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• Exceptionally warm in Baltic Sea region,

Scandinavian Peninsula, and north-western Russia.

• Rain deficit in eastern DE, PL, southern Ukraine,

northern RO and Turkey.

• Rain surplus in large parts of Italy, southern Spain,

as well as Sweden and Finland

Winter hardening and frost kill

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• Hardening process started late, and frost tolerance

is still weak.

• Cereals underdeveloped in parts of central and

south-eastern Europe (CZ, southern PL, SK, HU,

RO, and BG).

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