Clear skies and dry weather bring minus temperatures back during night
By: Tariq Shah VOV
Srinagar
Clear skies and dry weather have brought back minus temperatures during the previous night in Kashmir valley and in some parts of Jammu division.
After the recent spell of rains and snow, the weather has shown marked improvement during the day time with clear skies and sunshine, it has forced people to come out and enjoy the pleasant weather so they want to come out from the rut of winter.
But the pleasant weather becomes past as soon as sunsets in Kashmir valley and during the night there are only minus temperatures being recorded by the weather officials.
A meteorological department told GNS Srinagar, the summer capital of the J-K, recorded a low of minus 1.6°C against last night’s 1.6°C, he said.
Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 3.3°C against minus 0.2°C on the previous night, he said.
Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, had a low of minus 4.9°C against minus 9.8°C on the previous night, the official said.
Pahalgam, the famous resort in south Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 11.3°C against minus 3.4°C last night, he said.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 9.8°C against minus 12.0°C on the previous night, he said.
The temperature was 3.1°C below normal for this time of the year in the famous resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, he said.
Kupwara town in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 4.0°C against minus 0.4°C on the previous night, the official said.
While the ‘Chillai Kalan’, the 40-day long harshest period of winter ended on January 30, Kashmir is under the grip of the 20-day long ‘Chillai Khurd’ which would be followed by 10-day-long ‘Chilla Bachha’.
Jammu recorded a low of 6.5°C against previous night’s 7.0°C. The temperature was 3.0°C below normal for the J-K’s winter capital during this time of the year, he said.
Banihal recorded a low of minus 1.4°C, Batote had a minimum of minus 0.2°C while Bhaderwah recorded a low of minus 2.4°C, the official said.
Ladakh’s Leh recorded a low of minus 15.0°C against last night’s minus 13.4°C while mercury at automatic station in Kargil settled at minus 16.0°C. Drass, the second coldest place in the world after Siberia, recorded a low of minus 23.1°C against last night’s minus 9.3°C, official said.
The weatherman has forecast “erratic weather” with occasional snowfall at scattered places till February 8.
With GNS inputs
