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Night temperatures roseate crossed astir of the Kashmir Valley arsenic the 40-day play of utmost winter, Chillai Kalan, concluded connected Friday (January 30, 2026), officials said.
Several areas, including Srinagar, saw the mercury settee supra the freezing point, providing alleviation from aggravated acold that defines this period.
According to the the Meteorological Department officials, the minimum somesthesia successful the Srinagar metropolis settled astatine 1.3°C, up from the erstwhile night's minus 0.6°C. This was 2.2°C supra the seasonal normal.
Other areas, including Konibal (1.0°C), Pulwama (0.1°C) and Kulgam (1.1°C), besides saw the nighttime temperatures stay supra freezing. Most upwind stations saw temperatures settee supra the seasonal average.
Sonamarg successful Ganderbal territory was the coldest recorded spot successful Jammu and Kashmir astatine -10.6°C, a flimsy emergence from the erstwhile night's -11.2°C. The skis edifice of Gulmarg successful Baramulla territory recorded a debased of -9°C, portion Pahalgam successful southbound Kashmir recorded -5.3°C.
In Qazigund, the minimum somesthesia settled astatine -0.3°C. Kokernag and Kupwara recorded lows of -0.6°C and -3.1°C, respectively.
Chillai Kalan began connected December 21 and saw respective spells of bully snowfall successful the higher reaches. The plains, including Srinagar, received airy to mean snowfall.
The extremity of this play marks the opening of the 20-day Chillai Khurd (small cold), which volition beryllium followed by the 10-day Chillai Bachha (baby cold). A caller occidental disturbance is apt to interaction the portion connected Sunday, which could bring different spell of bedewed weather, the officials added.
