Kashmir’s Vanishing Winter: Inside the February 2026 Heatwave That Is Rewriting the Valley’s Climate Memory By: Javid Amin | 25 Febuary 2026 When Winter Forgot to Snow In late February 2026, residents of Srinagar stepped out into a winter afternoon that felt suspiciously like early April. Daytime temperatures hovered 7–8°C above seasonal norms. Snow that once blanketed rooftops and orchards had either failed to arrive or vanished within days. Up in the slopes of Gulmarg, ski instructors waited for tourists who never came. In Pahalgam and Sonamarg, streams began to…
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