Abstract
Abstract The article examines the spatial distribution of the moisture deficit for meteorological stations in the south of Western Siberia and in Northern Kazakhstan in the forest-steppe and steppe natural zones. To calculate the water equivalent of heat and power resources, empirical formulas were used and the water equivalent, moisture deficit and moisture coefficient were determined. In the course of research for specific years of recent decades, the dependence of the moisture deficit on heat and power resources and precipitation has been revealed. With an increase in atmospheric precipitation and a decrease in thermal energy resources of the climate, an increase in the coefficient of moisture in the territory was revealed.