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Kashmir freezes as Pahalgam records season’s coldest night at minus 11.8°C

INS Desk by INS Desk
January 17, 2023
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Srinagar, Jan 17: Cold conditions continued unabated as the minimum temperatures hovered below freezing point at most places in Jammu and Kashmir with Pahalgam recording the season’s coldest night at minus 11.8°C on Tuesday.

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A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 2.7°C against last night’s minus 1.9°C. Today’s minimum temperature was 2.1°C below normal for the summer capital, he said.

Qazigund, he said, recorded a low of minus 5.4°C against minus 5.6°C on the previous night and it was 2.1°C below normal for the gateway town.

Pahalgam, he said, recorded a low of minus 11.8°C against minus 10.2°C on the previous night.

The temperature was 4.6°C below normal and the coldest night recorded this season in the famous tourist resort in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, he said.

Kokernag recorded a low of minus 5.2°C against minus 6.6°C on the previous night and was 1.3°C below normal for the place, the officials said.

Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 11.5°C against minus 12.0°C on the previous night which was the coldest night so far recorded in the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, the official said. Today’s minimum temperature was 3.8°C below normal there, he said.

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In Kupwara town, he said, the mercury settled at minus 4.3°C against minus 2.9°C on the previous night and it was 1.2°C below normal in the north Kashmir area.

Jammu recorded a low of 3.1°C against 4.1°C on the previous night. It was 4.0°C below normal for J&K’s winter capital, he said.

Banihal recorded a low of minus 1.5°C (below normal by 1.3°C), Batote minus 2.0°C (below normal by 3.8°C), Katra 3.6°C (2.6°C below normal) and Bhadarwah minus 2.6°C (1.7°C below normal).

Ladakh, Leh and Kargil recorded a low of minus 15.6°C and minus 20.9°C respectively, the official said.

He said till January 18, weather is likely to be mainly dry and partly cloudy.

“From January 19-21st, weather is likely to be cloudy with chances of light rain/snow over isolated to scattered places mainly over higher reaches,” he said, adding, “From 22nd to 24th, there is possibility of light to moderate rain and snow over plains and moderate snow over middle and higher reaches most likely during 23rd/24th January at most places of J&K.”

Kashmir is under the grip of Chillai-Kalan, the 40-day long harsh winter period that started on December 21. It does not mean an end to the winter either. It is followed by a 20-day-long period called ‘Chillai-Khurd’ that occurs between January 30 and February 19 and a 10-day-long period ‘Chillai-Bachha’ (baby cold) which is from February 20 to March 1.

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