JANUARY FROSTS CAN DAMAGE AGRICULTURAL CROPS: ARMENIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE

Arka News Agency
Jan 25 2008
Armenia

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).