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Kashmir Valley reels under sub-zero temperatures; Pahalgam coldest at -4.3°C, Srinagar -1.5°C

November 21, 2021 Editor

All-weather stations in Kashmir recorded sub-zero night temperature for the second day on Saturday with mercury dipping lowest in the southern resort of Pahalgam, Srinagar witnessed -1.5°C All-weather stations in Kashmir recorded sub-zero night temperature for the second day on Saturday with mercury dipping lowest in the southern resort of Pahalgam. The meteorological department in Kashmir said Srinagar witnessed -1.5°C on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, two degrees below normal. The fog covered major parts of the city and reduced visibility. The department’s weather register revealed that all…

Chill intensifies across Kashmir Valley, most parts recorded season’s coldest night

November 17, 2021 Editor

Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season as the minimum temperature settled at minus 1.2 degrees Celsius, officials said on Tuesday. Kokernag was the only weather station in the Valley to record minimum temperature above the freezing point. Pahalgam, which serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath yatra, recorded a low of minus 4.7 degrees Celsius. Pahalgam was the coldest recorded place in Kashmir. Gulmarg resort in Baramulla district recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1.2 degrees Celsius. The mercury in Kupwara settled at minus 2.3 degrees…

Below normal temp continues in most parts of Kashmir Valley, Srinagar shivers at 0.7 degrees

November 13, 2021 Editor

Below normal minimum temperatures continued in most parts of Kashmir on the fifth straight day. First sub-zero temperatures of the season were recorded at many places during the night intervening Thursday and Friday. Kupwara, in north Kashmir, shivered at minus 0.9 degrees Celsius, which was 1.4 degrees below the average and was this season’s coldest night. Gulmarg, the popular ski-resort in north Kashmir, recorded night temperature above the freezing point at 0.6 degrees Celsius as the snow cover shrunk over the area, after over 5 inches of snowfall last week.…

Srinagar, Qazigund coldest places in Kashmir, Drass in Ladakh freezes at -12.6

November 12, 2021 Editor

Srinagar and Qazigund are the coldest places in Kashmir valley while Drass, Leh, and Kargil in Ladakh Union Territory showed a further dip in minimum temperature throwing life out of gear. A Meteorological Department official said cold conditions continued to intensify in Kashmir valley on Thursday with a further drop in the night temperature as Srinagar recorded the lowest minimum temperature of the season at minus 1.2 degrees Celsius as against the minimum temperature recorded as minus 0.5 degrees Celsius previous day. Similarly at Qazigund on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway…

Night temp drops below normal across Kashmir, Srinagar records season’s coldest night so far

November 10, 2021 Editor

Following clear skies, night temperatures fell at most places in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, even as the minimum temperature is expected to drop further by several degrees in the coming days. At 1.6 degrees Celsius, Srinagar city witnessed this season’s coldest night on Monday. The same conditions were witnessed in other parts of the valley. After witnessing over 5 inches of snowfall on Friday, mercury in ski-resort Gulmarg went up by a degree and recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1 degree Celsius. Pahalgam tourist destination, which also serves as…

Mercury falls across Kashmir Valley, Gulmarg at minus 2.0

November 3, 2021 Editor

The ski resort of Gulmarg recorded a minimum temperature of minus 2.0 degrees Celsius as the mercury plunged elsewhere in the Valley on Tuesday. According to a meteorological department official, Srinagar recorded a low of 2.6 degrees Celsius against 4.4 degrees Celsius on the previous night. Qazigund, he said, recorded a minimum temperature of 1.9 degrees Celsius against the previous night’s 2.2 degrees Celsius. Pahalgam recorded a low of minus 1.0 degrees Celsius against minus 1.2 degrees Celsius on the previous night, he said. Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, recorded…

Heavy Rainfall, Snowfall expected across J&K on October 23: Predicts IMD

October 20, 2021 Editor

India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted heavy rainfall or snowfall for Jammu and Kashmir on October 23. “A great western disturbance is coming which will specifically affect the western Himalayan region. So, we are expecting snowfall activity will be increased in the western Himalayan region. We are expecting heavy rainfall or heavy snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir on October 23,” IMD senior scientist Naresh Kumar while speaking to ANI said. He further stated that the adjoining areas like Punjab and the isolated parts of Haryana can also have light…

Upper reaches of Kashmir Valley received season’s first snowfall

October 11, 2021 Editor

A meteorologist said that all the districts of the Kashmir region received rainfall since Sunday evening while light snowfall was reported from mountainous areas of upper Gulmarg Outer reaches of Jammu and Kashmir received the season’s first snowfall while rains lashed other parts of the region on Monday and plunged the mercury. India Meteorological Department said a western disturbance and winds laden with moisture from the Mediterranean on Sunday led to the rains in the plains and snow in the mountains of the region. Mohammad Hussain Mir, a meteorologist, said…

Thajiwas Glacier melting at rapid pace: Locals

October 11, 2021 Editor

The Thajiwas glacier, which is a major tourist attraction in Kashmir’s Sonmarg, is melting at a rapid pace, locals said. uring the last two decades, the Thajiwas glacier, which is a major tourist attraction in Kashmir’s Sonmarg, is melting at a rapid pace, locals said. Bilal Ahmad, a tourist guide in Sonmarg, told India Today TV that the change in the volume of the Thajiwas glacier is becoming more and more visible in recent times. “Before 20 years, Thajiwas glacier was spread over huge area and tourists were able to…

Famous Dal Lake choking with ‘Huge amount of Sewage’ and Weeds

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 Editor

The lake is a mixture of mossy swamps, thick weeds, trash-strewn patches, and floating gardens made from rafts of reeds. Boatman Noor Muhammad struggles to row as his boat moves deep into the famed Dal Lake in Srinagar, the main city in Indian-administered Kashmir. He presses hard on his oar to untangle the vessel from thick vegetation. “It is very difficult to paddle through most of the lake,” he complains. He says authorities “spend a lot of money but they don’t clean it properly”. Weeds, silt, and untreated sewage are…