Srinagar: Cold wave conditions continued in Kashmir on Sunday, with the mercury staying below freezing at several places in the Valley. The extreme subzero temperatures have frozen water bodies and drinking water supply lines in some districts.
Srinagar city, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 0.5 degrees Celsius, marginally up from minus 2 degrees Celsius the previous night.
Qazigund, the gateway town to the Valley, recorded a minimum of minus one degree Celsius, up from last night. Gulmarg skiing resort settled at minus 3.4 degrees Celsius, up from minus 3.6 degrees Celsius. Pahalgam tourist resort recorded a low of minus 2.8 degrees Celsius, up from minus 4.3 degrees Celsius. Kupwara registered a low of 0.1 degree Celsius.
Similarly, Kokernag recorded 0.4 degrees C, Sonamarg (minus 0.7 degrees Celsius), Ganderbal (minus 2.2 degrees Celsius), and Pulwama (minus 2.1 degrees Celsius). Zojila continued to witness bone-chilling cold, with a minimum temperature record of minus 18.0 degrees Celsius.
Bandipora: 0.4 degrees Celsius, Baramulla: 1.2 degrees Celsius, Budgam: minus 1.3 degrees Celsius, Kulgam: minus 2.0 degrees Celsius, and Shopian: minus 3.5 degrees Celsius.
The Jammu region also recorded cold temperatures but it was warmer than the Valley.
The Jammu district recorded a minimum temperature of 9.4 degrees Celsius, while Banihal recorded a temperature of 0.2 degrees Celsius, Batote 3.2 degrees Celsius, Katra 8.0 degrees Celsius, Bhaderwah 0.4 degrees Celsius, Kishtwar 3.9 degrees Celsius, Padder minus 4.4 degree Celsius, Kathua 7 degree Celsius, Ramban 11.4 degree Celsius, Samba 3.1 degree Celsius, Udhampur 3.6 degree Celsius, Poonch 6.1 degree Celsius and Rajouri 2.8 degree Celsius.
The Ladakh UT witnessed the freezing temperature of sub-zero. Leh recorded a temperature of minus 7.2 degrees Celsius while Kargil recorded a minus 5.6 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted rain and snowfall in the higher reaches of the valley from today evening. Light rainfall with gusty winds will likely occur in a few places in the Jammu division.
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