SRINAGAR — As mercury dropped to minus 6.2 degrees Celsius on Friday, J&K’s Srinagar city recorded the season’s lowest minimum temperature. MET Department officials said that at minus 6.2 degrees Celsius, Srinagar city recorded the lowest minimum temperature of this season so far. Gulmarg had minus 6 degrees Celsius while Pahalgam recorded minus 8.2 degrees […]
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Kashmir reels under intense cold as Srinagar records season’s coldest night
SRINAGAR — At minus 6 degrees Celsius on Thursday, Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Srinagar city recorded the lowest minimum temperature of the season so far as severe cold swept across the Valley. MET Department officials said that the minimum temperature dropped to minus 6 degrees Celsius on Thursday in Srinagar city, which is the lowest […]
Srinagar shivers at minus 5.3 degree as cold wave intensifies in J&K
SRINAGAR — Minimum temperature dropped to bone-chilling minus 5.3 in Srinagar city on Tuesday as an intense cold wave swept across Jammu and Kashmir with wind blowing into the mainland from snowclad mountains. MET department officials said that the minimum temperature dropped to minus 5.3 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, a shade less than minus 5.4 […]
Feeble winter sun battles clouds as J&K reels under dry cold weather
SRINAGAR — Minimum temperature remained notches below the freezing point in the Kashmir on Monday as the feeble winter sun peeped through a thin haze of clouds in Jammu. The sky remained cloudy in the Valley as sunlight trickled through a thin cloud cover in the Jammu division. Cold wave conditions continued in the Valley […]
Cold wave to intensify in J&K, MeT forecasts light snow on December 22
SRINAGAR — Cold wave conditions are expected to intensify further in Jammu and Kashmir as the Meteorological (MeT) office issued an advisory on Sunday forecasting light snow in the higher reaches on December 22. The minimum temperature was minus 3.4 degrees Celsius in Srinagar city on Sunday while it was minus 3.8 in Gulmarg and […]
Kashmir records dip in temperatures, MeT forecast dry weather till December 21
SRINAGAR — A day after plain areas in Kashmir received the season’s first snowfall, the minimum temperatures dropped across the valley on Friday, with the weather department predicting a cold wave at many places over the next four days, officials said. The night temperatures decreased across the valley, after the snowfall in the higher reaches […]
Fresh snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir, minimum temperature improves
SRINAGAR — Higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Thursday as the minimum temperature improved with Srinagar city recording minus 0.5 degrees Celsius as the lowest temperature. Fresh snowfall occurred in Gulmarg, Sonamarg, Zojila Pass, Doodpathri and other places as the nightlong cloud cover brought up the night temperature. The Meteorological (MeT) department officials […]
Cold wave continues to sweep Kashmir as Srinagar records minus 3 degree celsius
SRINAGAR — Cold wave continued to sweep across the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday as Srinagar city recorded minus 3 degrees Celsius minimum temperature. Since morning, fresh snowfall has started in the Zojila Pass axis of the Srinagar- Leh highway. Traffic on the highway has been suspended for the day. Meteorological Department officials said the minimum […]
Intense cold gripped Kashmir valley as Srinagar freezes at minus 5.4°C
SRINAGAR — Intense cold gripped Kashmir Valley as Srinagar city recorded the season’s lowest minimum temperature at minus 5.4 degrees Celsius on Tuesday. The Meteorological (MeT) Department officials said the minimum temperature dropped to minus 5.4 degrees Celsius, which is the lowest so far this season. Gulmarg recorded minus 9 and Pahalgam minus 8.6 as […]
MeT predicts light rains, snow over higher reaches in Kashmir from tonight
SRINAGAR — Meteorological Centre Srinagar on Sunday predicted light rains and snow over few higher reaches in Kashmir division today during late evening of December 8 and December 9 morning. From December 8-9, there is a possibility of generally cloudy weather conditions with light rains over few areas of plains and hilly areas of Jammu […]