Srinagar, Mar 14: While rains lashed plains and higher reaches including Gulmarg received fresh snowfall, the weatherman on Thursday forecast another wet spell in Jammu and Kashmir from March 22-24.
A meteorological department official said that generally dry weather was expected till March 20.
Qazigund recorded a minimum of 1.8°C against 3.4°C on the previous night and it was 0.5°C below normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said.
Pahalgam recorded a low of minus 1.3°C against minus 0.5°C on the previous night and it was 0.1°C below normal for the famous resort in south Kashmir.
Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, recorded a minimum of 1.3°C against 4.2°C on the previous night and it was 1.2°C below normal, the official said.
Kupwara town recorded a low of 1.2°C against 4.5°C on the previous night and it was 1.1°C below normal there, the official said.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 4.8°C against minus 1.2°C on the previous night and it was below normal by 1.5°C for the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
Jammu, he said, recorded a minimum of 13.5°C and it was below normal by 0.5°C for the winter capital of J&K.
Banihal recorded a low of 3.0°C, Batote 2.2°C and Bhaderwah 3.6°C, he said.
