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SRINAGAR: Kashmir is in the grip of intense cold and Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded the coldest night of the last 30 years.
Deputy Director MeT Kashmir Mukhtar Ahmad said the night temperature in Srinagar dropped to minus 8.4 degrees Celsius on Thursday.
It was the coldest night in Srinagar in the last 30 years.
Earlier, in 1991, the night temperature in Srinagar had dropped to minus 11.8 degrees Celsius.
In 1995, the night temperature in Srinagar had dropped to minus 8.3 degrees Celsius.
The lowest temperature ever recorded in Srinagar is minus 14.4 degrees Celsius. It was recorded in 1893.
With the mercury dropping many degrees below freezing point, the water bodies including portions of the famed Dal Lake in Srinagar froze.
Snow In January
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A view of Lal Chowk during heavy snowfall, in Srinagar, on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. KL Image by Bilal Bahadur
As the year’s first snowfall draped Kashmir, beginning on January 2, life came to a standstill with people and the administration both choosing to stay homes till sunshine brought back the sheen to the streets.
The people reacted to the snowfall as per their own requirements: tourists were happy that they will have fun;
Harisa-makers were excited that they will have better footfalls; workers in PDD, SMC, and the PHE had their share of the crisis in managing the impact of the mess. People, by and large, were tense because snow, especially a heavier fall, seriously compromises the services. That was perhaps why, amidst a congratulatory campaign on social media, people responded in a way as if a calamity had hit Kashmir.
Weather improves as Sun is out, night to become chilly in J&K, Ladakh
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SRINAGAR : People have a sigh of relief as sun was out on Wednesday though icy cold winds also continued in the Kashmir valley and Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh, where night will become more chilly during the next 48 hours.
However, world famous ski resort of Gulmarg freeze at minus 11 degree while majority water bodies remained frozen in Ladakh region, where border town of Kargil recorded minus 17 degree and Leh minus14.8 degree minimum temperature.
Weather will remain mainly dry over Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Gilgit and Baltistan divisions in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), a Met department spokesman said today. He said there will be no significant change in the weather during subsequent 48 hours, including first day of New Year(2021).
Delhiites brace for ‘chilly’ New Year as cold wave grips North India
Delhiites brace for ‘chilly’ New Year as cold wave grips North India
Delhi is likely to experience a chilly New Year as the temperature in the national capital is set to drop sharply and remain in the range of sub 5 degrees Celsius. The temperature during Christmas is also expected to remain lower.
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UPDATED: December 24, 2020 08:26 IST
Cold wave conditions are predicted in parts of Delhi as the minimum temperature is expected fall sharply ahead of Christmas and New Year. (Photo: PTI)
Cold wave will be the flavour of the New Year for Delhiites. The cold wave situation has set in the national capital and surrounding areas already and in the days to come, it is likely to intensify further. The weather forecast for the next week indicates that the mercury will remain in the range of sub 5 degrees Celsius till the arrival of the New Year. Even on the Christmas night, the temperature is expected
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