Kashmir under deep freeze, Srinagar shivers at season’s coldest at minus 5.4°C
MeT Forecasts Mainly Dry, Cold Weather Till Dec 24
Srinagar: Freezing cold conditions continued unabated in Jammu and Kashmir as Srinagar endured the season’s coldest night at minus 5.4°C on Thursday.
A meteorological department official here told GNS that mercury decreased by 0.1°C and settled to minus 5.3°C. Today’s temperature was 4.4°C below normal for this time of the year in Srinagar, the official said.
Qazigund recorded a minimum of minus 3.8°C against minus 3.2°C on the previous night, he said. The minimum temperature was 2.7°C below normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, the official said.
Pahalgam recorded a low of minus 5.8°C against minus 5.3°C on the previous night and it was 2.0°C below normal for the famous resort in south Kashmir.
Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, recorded a minimum of minus 1.6°C against minus 2.1°C on the previous night and the temperature was below normal by 0.5°C for the place, the official said.
Kupwara town in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 4.2°C against minus 3.7°C on the previous night and it was 2.5°C below normal there, the official said.
Gulmarg, the official said, recorded a low of minus 5.0°C against minus 5.5°C on the previous night and the temperature was 0.8°C below normal for the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir.
Jammu recorded a minimum of 6.7°C against 7.3°C on previous night, and it was below normal by 2.5°C for the winter capital of J&K while Banihal recorded 1.7°C, Batote 3.7°C and Bhaderwah minus 0.2°C, he said.
MeT has predicted mainly dry and cold weather in J&K till December 24.
In the next 24 hours, mainly dry weather has been forecast while on December 16 generally cloudy weather with a brief spell of light snow over extreme higher reaches is a possibility, he said.
From December 17-24 December, the MeT has predicted “mainly dry weather.”
“Overall, dry and cold weather is most likely to continue till December 24 over most places of J&K”.