Srinagar: Barring Pahalgam, Gulmarg, and Kupwara, the minimum temperature recorded a rise across Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, amid dry weather forecast till March 12.
Srinagar recorded a low of 3.5°C against 3.3°C on the previous night and it was 0.2°C above normal for the Kashmir capital.
In south Kashmir; Qazigund recorded a low of 2.4°C against 2.0°C on the previous night and it was 0.2°C above normal for the gateway town of Kashmir.
Pahalgam, he said, recorded a low of minus 1.7°C against minus 1.4°C on the previous night and it was 0.3°C below normal for the famous tourist resort in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
Kokernag recorded a low of 4.1°C against 3.9°C on the previous night and it was 2.2°C above normal for the place, the officials said.
In north Kashmir; Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 1.6°C against minus 0.8°C on the previous night and it was 1.9°C above normal for the world-famous skiing resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, he said.
In Kupwara town, he said, the mercury settled at 0.2°C against 0.4°C on the previous night and it was 1.2°C above normal for the north Kashmir area.
Pir panjal’s Banihal recorded a low of 4.7°C (above normal by 0.6°C), Batote 7.6°C (above normal by 1.7°C and Chenab’s Bhadarwah logged 4.1°C (1.0°C above normal).
Jammu recorded a low of 14.6°C against 12.9°C on the previous night. It was 0.6°C above normal for the place, and Katra logged 11.8°C above normal by 0.3°C.
(GNS)
