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The minimum temperatures dropped successful Kashmir owed to wide skies, arsenic the meteorological section forecast mostly adust upwind implicit the adjacent fewer days, officials said connected Friday (January 2, 2026)
Tourist resorts, including Gulmarg, Pahalgam and Sonamarg, and respective higher reaches received overnight snowfall connected Wednesday night.
However, owing to wide skies, the nighttime somesthesia decreased astatine astir places successful the valley, officials said.
They besides said Srinagar -- the summertime superior of Jammu and Kashmir -- witnessed a sunny morning.
On Thursday night, Srinagar recorded a minimum somesthesia of 0.1 degrees Celsius, down from the erstwhile night's 2.2 degrees Celsius, officials said.
A presumption of the snow-covered country successful the Kashmir Valley arsenic the higher reaches acquisition snowfall, successful Sonamarg connected Thursday, January 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI
The nighttime somesthesia was 2.5 degrees Celsius supra the mean for this clip of year, they said.
Gulmarg remained the coldest determination successful the portion with the mercury settling astatine minus 7.0 degrees Celsius, 1.5 degrees beneath the erstwhile night, according to officials.
In southbound Kashmir, Pahalgam recorded a debased of minus 6.2 degrees Celsius, a driblet of respective degrees from the erstwhile night's minus 0.4 degrees Celsius.
Qazigund, the gateway municipality of the valley, saw the mercury settee astatine minus 1.2 degrees Celsius, portion Kokernag recorded a debased of minus 0.5 degrees Celsius.
Kupwara successful northbound Kashmir recorded the minimum of 0.8 degrees Celsius.
The portion is presently going done 'Chilla-e-Kalan', a 40-day play of utmost cold. During this phase, nighttime temperatures typically driblet respective degrees beneath the freezing point.
However, existent readings amusement a departure from mean patterns.
During this play of utmost weather, the chances of snowfall are astir predominant and maximum arsenic well.
However, the plains of the vale person not received immoderate snowfall truthful acold this season.
The meteorological section has said the upwind is apt to stay mostly adust till January 5.
