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Srinagar: Mercury stayed above normal in the plains in Jammu and Kashmir today even as cloudy weather conditions brought down the night temperature in the valley with Pahalgam recording a low of 0.2 degree celsius.
Jammu continued to witness rise in temperature with the winter capital recording a high of 34.9 -- five degrees above normal. The night temperature in the city was 21.9 degrees, the Met office said.
Katra, the base camp for Vaishno Devi shrine, saw the mercury settle at 29.3 degrees during the day and 17.1 at night.
However, the night temperature in Srinagar dipped to 5.0 degrees celsius -- six degrees below normal. The maximum temperature in the summer capital of the state was 17 degrees celsius which is normal during this part of the season.
Pahalgam hill resort witnessed coldest night in the state as the mercury plunged to 0.2 degree celsius. However, the day was pleasant with a maximum of 14.8 degrees celsius.
The night temperature also fell in rest of the valley with Qazigund recording a minimum of 2.6 followed by Kokernag (3.6) and Kupwara (5.4).
The Met office attributed this to cloudy cover due to passing of western disturbance in the region.
Rain or snow is likely to occur at a few places in Jammu and Kashmir in the next 24 hours.
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