Rehan Showkat
Srinagar, Feb 14 : Barring Gulmarg, the minimum temperatures dropped across Kashmir Valley with mercury in Srinagar and Kokernag again falling below sub-zero level, the weatherman said on Sunday.
A meteorological department official told GNS that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.4°C against the previous night’s 1.2°C. It was minus 0.2°C below the normal of 0.2°C for this time of the year in the summer capital of J&K, the official said.
The temperatures this season, especially last month, remained far below normal. On January 31, the mercury plunged to minus 8.8°C, the coldest January night recorded in Srinagar after 30 years.
Qazigund, the gateway town of J&K, recorded a low of minus 3.2°C against minus 2.0°C on the previous night while the mercury settled at minus 3.8°C against 2.3°C in the world-famous tourist resort of Pahalgam on the previous night.
Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 0.5°C against minus 0.2°C on the previous night, he said.
The mercury also settled at minus 1.8°C in Kupwara against minus 0.3°C on the previous night while Gulmarg, the world-famous skiing resort, recorded a low of minus 3.0°C against minus 3.8°C earlier night, he said.
The weatherman has forecast mainly dry weather over the plains of J&K in the next week.
“Mainly dry weather is expected on the plains of J&K,” the weatherman said. (GNS)
