This analysis covers the growing and harvesting stage of winter cereals, along with the sowing and growth of maize and other coarse grains from April to July. The country as a whole showed a large increase of RAIN (+82%), while TEMP and RADPAR both dropped compared with average (-0.4°C and -5%). The combined effect of the precipitation and temperature was a sharp increase in BIOMSS in the order of +93% compared to the five-year average.

The national NDVI development graph showed that crop condition was above the maximum of the past five years in April, after which it dropped to below average. More precise spatial information is provided by the NDVI profiles and spatial NDVI patterns, which confirm the sudden fall of NDVI in May to average levels. In July, crop condition was a little below average, with about 33% crop lands in poor condition (cotton growing areas of Karakalpakstan, Andijon and Quqon, Navoiy, Kagan, Qarshi, Shakhriabz, Denow, Guliston, Tashkent, Termiz, Fergana, and Namangan). In short, winter crop condition was generally at least fair from April to July, while crop condition was less favorable though nevertheless close to average for summer crops.  

a. Crop condition development graph based on NDVI

b. MaximumVCI 

c. Spatial NDVI patterns compared to 5YA

d. NDVI profiles