January frosts can damage agricultural crops: Armenian meteorological service
26.01.2008,
03:16
January frosts can damage agricultural crops in Armenia, said Zaruhi Petrosian, press secretary of the Meteorological Service of Armenia. “If the temperature is 24 degrees below zero for more than five hours, this may damage agricultural crops and trees,”
YEREVAN, January 25. /ARKA/. January frosts can damage agricultural crops in Armenia, said Zaruhi Petrosian, press secretary of the Meteorological Service of Armenia. “If the temperature is 24 degrees below zero for more than five hours, this may damage agricultural crops and trees,” she said.
The Meteorological Service and the RA Ministry of Agriculture are trying to calculate the damage rate.
Frosts crept Armenia in early January. The temperature has dropped to 32 degrees Celsius below zero in mountain regions and to 22 degrees Celsius below zero in the Ararat Valley (27 degrees below zero in Yerevan). –0--
The Meteorological Service and the RA Ministry of Agriculture are trying to calculate the damage rate.
Frosts crept Armenia in early January. The temperature has dropped to 32 degrees Celsius below zero in mountain regions and to 22 degrees Celsius below zero in the Ararat Valley (27 degrees below zero in Yerevan). –0--