SRINAGAR, Jan 12: The minimum temperatures dropped below sub-zero level in Kashmir Valley on Thursday as higher reaches received snowfall and rains lashed plains
A meteorological department official said that Gulmarg received 19cms of snowfall in the 24 hours till 0830 hours today and Pahalgam 1 cm. He said rain lashed plains and in the 24 hours, Srinagar received 2.8mm, Qazigund 9.8mm, Kupwara 11.3mm Kokernag 7mm, Jammu 1.8mm, Banihal 24.5mm, Katra 1.8mm and Bhaderwah 15.2mm.
Meanwhile, he said, Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.2\u00b0C against last night\u2019s 3.5\u00b0C. Today\u2019s minimum temperature was 1.9\u00b0C above normal for the summer capital, he said.
Qazigund, he said, recorded a low of minus 0.4\u00b0C against 1.6\u00b0C and it was 2.7\u00b0C above normal for the gateway town.
Pahalgam recorded a low of minus 1.7\u00b0C against minus 0.3\u00b0C on the previous night and it was 5.4\u00b0C above normal for the place, he said. The coldest night recorded this season in the famous tourist resort in south Kashmir\u2019s Anantnag district was on January 2 when mercury plunged to minus 9.6\u00b0C.
Kokernag recorded a low of minus 2.8\u00b0C against 0.7\u00b0C on the previous night, he said. It was 0.8\u00b0C above normal for the place.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 5.5\u00b0C against minus 3.0\u00b0C on the previous night, the official said. It was 2.4\u00b0C above normal for the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir\u2019s Baramulla district that saw its coldest night this season on January 2 when minimum temperature plummeted to minus 10.0\u00b0C, the official said.
In Kupwara town, the mercury settled at minus 0.4\u00b0C against 1.5\u00b0C on the previous nightand it was 2.5\u00b0C above normal in the north Kashmir area, he said.
Jammu recorded a low of 6.6\u00b0C against 8.0\u00b0C on the previous night. It was 0.4\u00b0C below normal for J&K\u2019s winter capital, he said.
Banihal recorded a low of 2.3\u00b0C (above normal by 2.4\u00b0C), Batote 1.9\u00b0C (above normal by 0.3\u00b0C), Katra 9.1\u00b0C (3.2\u00b0C above normal) and Bhadarwah 1.0\u00b0C (2.1\u00b0C above normal).
In Ladakh, Leh and Kargil recorded a low of minus 9.6\u00b0C and minus 11.6\u00b0C respectively, the official said.
The MeT office has forecast fairly widespread light rain\/snow over Jammu and Kashmir in next 24 hours and dry mainly weather from January 14.
Kashmir is under the grip of Chillai-Kalan, the 40-day long harsh winter period that started on December 21. It does not mean an end to the winter either. It is followed by a 20-day-long period called \u2018Chillai-Khurd\u2019 that occurs between January 30 and February 19 and a 10-day-long period \u2018Chillai-Bachha\u2019 (baby cold) which is from February 20 to March 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SRINAGAR, Jan 12: The minimum temperatures dropped below sub-zero level in Kashmir Valley on Thursday as higher reaches received snowfall and rains lashed plainsA meteorological department official said that Gulmarg received 19cms of snowfall in the 24 hours till 0830 hours today and Pahalgam 1 cm. He said rain lashed plains and in the 24 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kashmir"],"yoast_head":"\n