Srinagar, Oct 25 (KNO): South Kashmir’s Pahalgam and north Kashmir’s Gulmarg recorded the season’s first sub-zero minimum temperatures, with the mercury dipping to minus 0.3 degrees Celsius and minus 0.4 degrees Celsius, respectively, the Meteorological Department said on Sunday.
The MeT Department has forecast generally dry weather across Jammu and Kashmir till October 31, while generally cloudy conditions, with the possibility of light rain in the plains and light snowfall over higher reaches at isolated places, are expected from November 1 to 3.
According to MeT data, Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of 2.9 degrees Celsius, while Qazigund registered 0.0 degrees Celsius.
Kokernag recorded a minimum of 3.4 degrees Celsius, while Banihal in the Jammu division registered 3.7 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, maximum temperatures recorded on October 24 remained below normal at most weather stations across the region.
Gulmarg recorded the largest departure from normal, with the maximum temperature remaining 5.6 degrees Celsius below average, followed by Kokernag, where it was 5.2 degrees Celsius below normal.
