SRINAGAR : Fresh snowfall occurred in the famous tourist resort of Pahalgam in south Kashmir even as most other places in the Valley remained dry, with the state expected to experience another spell of wet weather from Wednesday.
Pahalgam, which serves as base camp for the annual Amarnath yatra during summer, received fresh snowfall during the night, an official of the Meteorological Department here said.
He said the resort recorded 11 cm of snowfall since yesterday and the night temperature at the resort rose by two notches to settle at a low of minus 4.7 degrees Celsius, he said.
He said Qazigund and Kokernag towns, also in south Kashmir, were other places in the Valley where the mercury went up.
While Qazigund recorded the minimum of 1.2 degrees Celsius, the mercury in Kokernag settled at a low of 0.9 degree Celsius, the official said.
Kokernag received 6.4 mm of rainfall as well, he said.
Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, registered a low of minus 0.1 degree Celsius compared to 1.2 degrees Celsius the previous night, the official said. (Agencies)
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