Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Jan 27: There was improvement in temperature in Srinagar while night temperature plummeting in other parts of Kashmir as cold wave conditions continued in the region.
Meteorological Department said that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 2.0 degree Celsius against minus 2.4 degree Celsius the previous night.
The mercury settled at minus 7.7 degree Celsius in Pahalgam against minus 7.1 degree Celsius the previous night.
Qazigund recorded a low of minus 4.4 degree Celsius against 2.8 degree Celsius the previous night while Kokernag recorded a minimum of minus 8.3 degree Celsius against minus 9.0 degree Celsius the previous night.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 12.0 degree Celsius against 11.5 degree Celsius the previous night.
The mercury settled at minus 2.0 degree Celsius in the in Kupwara against minus 1.4 degree Celsius the previous night.
Kashmir is in the middle Chillai-Kalan, the 40-day winter period which commenced on December 21 and ends on January 31. The period is considered the harshest of the winter when the chances of snowfall are most frequent and maximum.
The cold wave, however, continues even after that in Kashmir with a 20-day-long ‘Chillai-Khurd’ (small cold) and a 10-day-long ‘Chillai-Bachha’ (baby cold).
The weatherman has forecast mainly dry weather with morning mist in the plains of J&K for the next 24 hours. The weather is likely to stay dry till January 31.
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