Fairly Widespread Light Rain, Snow Over J&K During Next 24 Hours: MeT

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DE Web Desk
SRINAGAR, Feb 26: The weather in Kashmir valley was dry but overcast amid Meteorological Department forecast of scattered to fairly widespread light rain or snow over Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours.
Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, and the ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir experienced light rainfall during the past 24 hours, MeT office said.
Srinagar received 0.5mm of rainfall while Gulmarg experienced 0.2mm of rainfall during the past 24 hours till 0830hours today.
Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature at 7.3 degree Celsius which was 5.8 degree Celsius above normal. The maximum temperature was also 7.7 degree above normal against 11.1 degree Celsius normal during this period of the season.
Qazigund on Srinagar-Jammu national highway recorded a low of 5.2 degree Celsius while tourist hot spot of Pahalgam had a low of 3.2 degree Celsius on Sunday.
Kupwara recorded a low of 3.0 degree Celsius and Kokernag 4.3 degree Celsius today, the Met office said.