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The nighttime somesthesia settled beneath the freezing constituent crossed Kashmir, but roseate successful astir areas, officials said, arsenic Saturday (January 31, 2026) marks the opening of ‘Chillai Khurd’ and extremity of the harshest wintertime period.
The meteorological department, however, has forecast airy to mean rainfall oregon snow, particularly successful the higher reaches, they said.
The minimum somesthesia successful Srinagar metropolis settled astatine minus 0.1 degrees Celsius connected Friday (January 30, 2026) night, down from the erstwhile night’s 1.3 degrees Celsius. This was 0.5 degrees supra the seasonal normal.
While the somesthesia information for respective places, including Sonamarg successful Ganderbal district, was not available, the skis edifice of Gulmarg successful Baramulla territory was the coldest recorded spot successful Jammu and Kashmir astatine minus 6.5 degrees Celsius — up from the erstwhile night's minus 10.6 degrees.
Officials said Pahalgam tourer edifice successful southbound Kashmir recorded a debased of minus 2.6 degrees Celsius, up from minus 5.3 degrees Celsius the erstwhile night.
In Qazigund, the minimum somesthesia settled astatine minus 2.2 degrees, up from minus 0.3 degrees, portion Kokernag and Kupwara recorded lows of minus 3.0 degrees and minus 2.5 degrees Celsius, respectively.
A 20-day ‘Chillai Khurd’ (small cold) began connected Saturday (January 31, 2026), aft the culmination of the 40-day harshest wintertime period, ‘Chillai-Kalan’. Chillai Khurd volition beryllium followed by the 10-day ‘Chillai Bachha’ (baby cold).
The meteorological section has said the upwind volition stay cloudy, and determination is simply a anticipation of airy to mean rainfall oregon snow, particularly successful the higher reaches, with thunder oregon gusty winds astatine galore places connected Saturday and Sunday.
Light rain, with snowfall successful the higher reaches, is imaginable astatine scattered to galore places connected February 2-3, officials said.
