Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 27: Rains lashed Valley and there was snowfall in hills of Kashmir including Pahalgam where nearly 3 inches of snow was recorded.
Weatherman said that Srinagar received 2.6 mm of rain, Qazigund 0.4 mm, Kokernag 0.6 mm, Kupwara town 1.0 mm, Pahalgam received 7.4 cms of snow, and Gulmarg received 4.0 cms.
Srinagar recorded a minimum of 1.0°C against previous night’s minus 2.0°C. It was below normal by 0.5°C for the city for this time of the year.
Qazigund recorded a minimum of 1.2°C against minus 2.2°C on the previous night and it was 0.8°C above normal for the town.
Pahalgam recorded a low of minus 1.3°C against minus 7.0°C on the previous night and it was 2.2°C above normal for the resort.
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Kokernag recorded a minimum of minus 0.3°C against minus 2.8°C on the previous night and the temperature was below normal by 0.4°C for the place.
Kupwara recorded a low of 0.4°C against minus 3.5°C on the previous night and it was 3.5°C below normal there.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 6.4°C against minus 9.0°C on the previous night. The temperature was below normal by 0.6°C for the skiing resort.
Srinagar recording a maximum of 10.0 degree Celsius today which was 1.1 degree Celsius below normal for the city for this time of the year.
Qazigund recorded a maximum of 8.0 degree Celsius which is 2.6 degree Celsius below normal for the place during this time of the year.
Pahalgam recorded a maximum of 7.2 degree Celsius which is 0.6 degree Celsius below normal for the place during this time of the year.
Kupwara recorded a maximum of 11.0 degree Celsius which is 0.4 degree Celsius above normal for the place during this time of the year.
Kokernag recorded a maximum of 5.6 degree Celsius which is 0.3 degree Celsius below normal for the place during this time of the year.
Gulmarg recorded a maximum of minus 0.8 degree Celsius which is 6.4 degree Celsius below normal for the place during this time of the year.
A Meteorological Department official said that on February 28-29, partly to generally cloudy weather is expected with possibility of light rain and snow at isolated places.
From March 1-3, the official said, there is a possibility of light to moderate rain and snow at most places with heavy rain and snow at few middle and higher reaches during March 2 and 3.
“Few places may experience thunder/lightning/hailstorm accompanied by gusty winds during the period.”
While ‘Chillai-Kalan’, the 40-day harsh period of winter ended on January 29 and 20-day-long winter period called ‘Chillai-Khurd’ ended on February 18, Kashmir is the middle 10-day-long period ‘Chillai-Bachha’ (baby cold) which culminates on Feb 28.
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