Severe cold wave continues to grip Kashmir valley
India | January 14, 2022 13:03 ISTGulmarg recorded a low of minus 10.5 degrees Celsius, slightly up from minus 11.0 degrees Celsius.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 10.5 degrees Celsius, slightly up from minus 11.0 degrees Celsius.
Gulmarg tourist resort in north Kashmir continued to reel under extreme cold as the minimum temperature stayed below the freezing point at most places in the valley, officials said on Monday. The resort recorded a low of minus 10 degrees Celsius for the second consecutive night, MET officials said. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, was the one of the two places to record minimum temperature above freezing point as the minimum settled at 0.2 degrees Celsius on Sunday night, the officials said. Meanwhile, Himachal Pradesh's Shimla city received fresh snowfall on Monday morning even as most places in the state are reeling under severe a cold wave.
Kashmir recorded widespread light to moderate rain and snow, with the highest snowfall in Gulmarg (43.4 mm) and Batote (44 mm) during the early hours on Wednesday.
The mercury in the world-famous resort of Gulmarg settled at minus 8.6 today.
The minimum temperature across Kashmir, except at the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg, settled above the freezing point on Monday even as the weather office predicted the possibility of a wet spell mid-week
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