SRINAGAR: The minimum temperature at some places in Kashmir improved and settled above the freezing point owing to cloud cover as the Meteorological Department forecast fairly widespread to widespread rain or snow over three days from Wednesday, officials said on Tuesday.
Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a low of 1.8 degrees Celsius over three degrees up from minus 1.6 degrees Celsius the previous night, they said.
The famous ski-resort of Gulmarg, in north Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 9 degrees Celsius down from minus 6.6 degrees Celsius the previous night.
Pahalgam tourist resort in south Kashmir, which also serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath yatra, recorded a low of minus 6.2 degrees Celsius down from minus 4.8 degrees Celsius the previous night, they said.
The officials said Qazigund recorded the minimum of minus 0.3 degree Celsius up from the previous night’s minus 2.8 degree Celsius.
The nearby south Kashmir town of Kokernag recorded a low of minus 2.6 degrees Celsius.
The minimum in Kupwara in north Kashmir settled at a low of 0.3 degrees Celsius.
