A day after Kashmir witnessed a bout of snow, the minimum temperature at most places in the Valley increased on Wednesday night, providing much-needed relief to residents, the weatherman said.
The weather stayed mostly dry on Wednesday night after intermittent snow on Tuesday, an official of the MeT department said.
He said similar conditions are likely to prevail for two more days--Thursday and Friday--after which another wet spell is expected for a few days.
There is a possibility of widespread rain and snow, with a higher intensity on January 22, the official said.
The minimum temperature in Srinagar rose from minus 2.1 degrees Celsius the previous night to minus 1.3 degrees Celsius.
He said Qazigund in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 0.2 degrees Celsius–up from minus 2.9 degrees Celsius the previous night.
The nearby Kokernag town registered a low of minus 2.0 degrees Celsius on Wednesday night.
The mercury in Kupwara town in north Kashmir settled at minus 1.5 degrees Celsius–an increase of over four degrees from minus 5.6 degrees Celsius the previous night, the official said.
Gulmarg ski-resort in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 10 degrees Celsius.
Pahalgam tourist resort in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 5.1 degrees Celsius–down from the previous night’s minus 4.2 degrees Celsius, the official said.
He said Leh, in the frontier Ladakh region, recorded a low of minus 12 degrees Celsius, while the mercury in the nearby Kargil settled at minus 20.2 degrees Celsius.
Drass, the second coldest inhabited place in the world, was the coldest recorded place in Jammu and Kashmir at a low of minus 22 degrees Celsius. |
