Kashmir: Severe cold in Kashmir, minimum temperature several degrees below freezing point

Srinagar: The minimum temperature in the summer capital Srinagar dropped to minus 3.4 degrees Celsius from minus 2.8 degrees Celsius the previous night, he said. Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, which serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath yatra, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 3.4 degrees Celsius, up from minus 4.1 degrees Celsius the previous night, officials said. Was.

Gulmarg, the famous ski-resort in Baramulla, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 3.5 degrees Celsius, down from minus 2.5 degrees Celsius the previous night, officials said. The minimum temperature was minus 2.6 degrees Celsius in Qazigund, minus 1.4 degrees Celsius in Kokernag town and minus 3.8 degrees Celsius in Kupwara.

He said Kashmir received some snowfall and rain during December, resulting in prolonged cold wave conditions. Kashmir is in the grip of ‘Chilla-e-Kalan’, a harsh winter period of 40 days.

The probability of snowfall is highest during this period and most areas, especially the higher reaches, receive heavy snowfall. ‘Chilla-e-Kalan’ will end on January 31. However, cold conditions will continue even after that with 20 days of ‘Chilla-e-Khurd’ and 10 days of ‘Chilla-e-Bachha’.