Extensive meteorological measurements during IGY 1957/58 have yielded more detailed information about the climatology of the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. Taking into account these new data, measurements of the distribution of stratospheric fallout are discussed. The result is that radioactive debris in the middle stratosphere (16–24 km height) is not transported by the meridional circulation but by normal and eddy diffusion. At higher altitudes, however, a northward transportation probably takes place by circulation, too. It is shown, moreover that there is a balance in radioactivity concentration between supply and deposition. Seasonal and latitudinal variations consequently are caused by variations of the velocity of transportation and deposition and to a far lesser extent by a variation of the fallout concentration. Observations indicate that radioactive debris from the stratosphere is collected at the zero layer in the upper troposphere, since the tropopause has been revealed not to be a barrier to radioactivity transfer from the stratosphere to the troposphere. The zero layer concept is discussed. The zero layer is defined as the connection of the maximum velocity of westerly zonal circulation with the inversion of vhe horizontal gradient of temperature and, consequently, with an inversion of vertical motion. The latitudinal differences in the stability of the zero layer may account for latitudinal variations of fallout deposition.