A Kashmiri boatman holds a slab of ice formed on Anchar Lake, on a cold winter day on the outskirts of Srinagar. | Photo Credit: Nissar Ahmad “Kashmir’s harshest winter period ‘Chilla-i-Kalan’ began on December 21 with the mercury dropping several notches below the freezing point at many places,” officials said. “Srinagar city, the summer … Read more
Snow being cleared from Mughal road after heavy snowfall in Pir ki Gali area, in Poonch on October 16, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI A cold wave gripped Kashmir on October 16 as the higher reaches received a spell of snowfall and the plains were lashed by rainfall. Several highways were closed due to snow … Read more
Fresh snowfall was recorded in several areas of the valley especially in south Kashmir, the officials said. The minimum temperature in most parts of Kashmir dropped but settled several degrees above normal for this time of the season, except in Gulmarg, officials said on Monday. Fresh snowfall was recorded in several areas of the valley … Read more
The officials said Qazigund recorded a minimum of zero degree Celsius, while the nearby south Kashmir town of Kokernag recorded a low of minus 0.7 degrees Celsius. Many areas in Kashmir received fresh snowfall, while others were lashed by rains on Sunday, even as the minimum temperature in most parts of the valley dropped, officials … Read more
Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of 2.6 degrees Celsius, up from 0.3 degrees Celsius on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, officials said. Weather conditions in Kashmir continued to improve even as minimum temperature in most places of they valley stayed close to the freezing point, officials said here on Friday. Srinagar recorded a … Read more