- Srinagar’s day temp 8 Deg above regular
- Jammu temp 9 Deg beneath regular
- fifth all-time lowest max temp in January in Jammu
- Banihal breaks information, temp 13.1 levels above regular
Srinagar- A dry and snowless winter in Kashmir has resulted in freezing nights and hotter than normal days as Srinagar’s day temperatures have been over eight levels above the conventional for this time of the yr, officers stated on Wednesday.
Jammu, the winter capital of the union territory, has been colder than Srinagar for the previous couple of days, recording a excessive of 9 levels Celsius on Wednesday, which was 9 levels beneath the conventional.
Jammu is presently below a canopy of dense fog which has resulted in colder days.
Srinagar metropolis recorded a minimal temperature of minus 5.0 levels Celsius on Wednesday evening, identical because the earlier evening, the officers stated.
Jammu recorded the fifth all-time lowest most temperature in January, Faizan Arif, an unbiased weatherman from Kashmir stated.
“Jammu Metropolis recorded a most temperature of 8.6°C which is 9.3°C beneath the conventional degree. The all-time lowest most temperature is 5°C recorded in 1986,” Faizan posted on X.
“Identical area, with one recording all-time highest and one other recording one of many all-time lowest,” he added, evaluating the climate patterns of Jammu and Srinagar. “One with chilly, one with warmth, one with out snow, one with fog.”
Apparently, this yr, January has introduced an unprecedented temperature surge to Banihal as nicely, breaking all of the earlier information.
“Banihal right now recorded a most temperature of 23.4 levels Celsius, which is 13.1 levels Celsius above regular,” Faizan stated. The earlier all-time document was 22.6°C recorded on 18 January 2003.
Qazigund recorded a low of minus 4.6 levels towards minus 4.4 levels Celsius, whereas within the ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir it was minus 3.5 levels Celsius, up from minus 5.0 levels Celsius recorded the earlier evening.
Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, which serves as one of many base camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra, recorded a minimal temperature of minus 6.3 levels Celsius.
The minimal temperature in Kokernag city settled at minus 2.4 levels Celsius whereas it was minus 5.3 levels Celsius in Kupwara.
Kashmir is presently below the grip of “Chilla-i-Kalan”, a 40-day harsh winter interval, when a chilly wave sweeps the area and temperatures drop significantly resulting in the freezing of water our bodies in addition to water in pipes.
The possibilities of snowfall are the best throughout this era and most areas, significantly the upper reaches, obtain heavy snowfall.
Kashmir has been going via a chronic dry spell and a 79 per cent deficit in rainfall was recorded for December whereas there was no precipitation within the first week of January.
There was no snowfall in most plain areas of Kashmir, whereas the higher reaches of the valley have acquired lesser than normal quantities of snow.
The meteorological division has forecast primarily dry climate until January 20 however added {that a} feeble Western Disturbances would have an effect on Jammu & Kashmir after January 16.
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