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Parts of the celebrated Dal Lake successful Srinagar and respective h2o bodies successful Kashmir froze connected Wednesday (January 14, 2026) arsenic sub-zero minimum temperatures crossed the Valley dropped further.
The Kashmir Valley is successful the midst of ‘Chilla-i-Kalan’ – a 40-day play of utmost cold, erstwhile the chances of snowfall are the highest. It began connected December 21 and volition extremity connected January 30.
Srinagar recorded a debased of minus 5.2°C connected Tuesday (January 13) night, down from the minus 4.9°C recorded the erstwhile night, upwind section officials said. Shopian successful southbound Kashmir was the coldest spot successful the Valley, wherever the mercury settled astatine minus 7.5°C.
Parts of respective h2o bodies, including the interiors of the Dal Lake, froze owed to terrible cold.
Pahalgam, a fashionable tourer spot successful southbound Kashmir, which besides serves arsenic 1 of the basal camps for the yearly Amarnath yatra, recorded a debased of minus 6°C.
The nighttime somesthesia successful Gulmarg successful northbound Kashmir’s Baramulla territory settled astatine a debased of minus 3.8°C, and successful cardinal Kashmir’s Sonamarg it was minus 2.2°C.
The minimum somesthesia successful Qazigund, the gateway municipality to the valley, settled astatine minus 5.3°C. Kokernag recorded a debased of minus 2.3°C, and Kupwara minus 6.2°C.
The India Meteorological Department has said a occidental disturbance is approaching Kashmir and is apt to impact the Valley’s upwind from January 16.
