Latest Weather Update From Jammu & Kashmir
Latest Weather Update From Jammu & Kashmir
Srinagar, Nov 21 : The freezing weather continued in Kashmir Valley with famous Pahalgam resort remaining the coldest on Sunday.
A meteorological department official here told media that Srinagar recorded minus 1.3°C against 1.5°C on the previous night which is the coldest night temperature witnessed so far this season.
Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 2.2°C against minus 1.8°C on the previous night, he said. It was minus 3.0°C below normal for the place, the official said.
Pahalgam, the famous resort in south Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 4.2°C against minus 4.3°C on previous night and it remained the coldest place across J&K.
Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 1.3°C same as on the previous night and normal of 1.6°C, the official said.
Kupwara town in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 3.0°C against minus 2.7°C on the previous night, the official said.
Gulmarg, the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir, recorded a minimum of minus 1.4°C against minus 1.0°C on the previous night, the official said.
Ladakh’s Leh recorded a low of minus 6.4°C against last night’s minus 7.8°C while Drass in Kargil, the second coldest place in the world after Siberia, recorded a low of minus 12.0°C.
The weatherman has forecast mainly dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir with morning fog at isolated places over plains of Valley.
“ The weather will remain cloudy with possibility of light rain/snow during 24th AN-25th” the official said. He however said that there was no forecast of any major snowfall till ending November.
