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Cold wave intensifies in Kashmir, Gulmarg records minus 7.2 degree celsius

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Dec. 27, 2020 Updated 5:01 pm. IST
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Srinagar records season’s coldest night at minus 6.4 degree

The cold wave intensified in Kashmir with the minimum temperature dropping across the valley to stay several notches below the freezing point on Sunday.

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The weather has remained dry and cold across Kashmir since the snowfall on December 12, with the night temperature staying several degrees below the freezing point, the officials of Meteorological (MeT) Department said.

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The MeT office has forecast light rain or snow in the Kashmir Valley over the next three days. The officials said Srinagar the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir recorded a low of minus 5.2 degrees Celsius down from the previous night’s minus 3.7 degrees Celsius.

They said the mercury in Pahalgam tourist destination in south Kashmir settled at minus 5.9 degrees Celsius, up more than a notch compared to the previous night’s low of minus 4.5 degrees Celsius. Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 7.2 degrees Celsius down from minus 6.5 degrees Celsius the previous night, the officials said.

It was the coldest recorded place in the valley. Qazigund the gateway town to the valley recorded the minimum of minus 5 degrees Celsius, while Kupwara in the north registered a low of minus 4.8 degrees Celsius and Kokernag, in the south, minus 4.9 degrees Celsius, the officials said.

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Kashmir is currently under the grip of ‘Chillai-Kalan’ — the 40-day harshest winter period when a cold wave grips the region and the temperature drops considerably leading to the freezing of water bodies, including the famous Dal Lake here as well as the water supply lines in several parts of the valley. The chances of snowfall are most frequent and maximum during this period and most areas, especially in the higher reaches, receive heavy snowfall, the officials said.

While ‘Chillai-Kalan’ — which began on December 21 — will end on January 31, the cold wave continues even after that in Kashmir with a 20-day-long ‘Chillai-Khurd’ (small cold) and a 10-day-long ‘Chillai-Bachha’ (baby cold).


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