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Fresh snowfall in Kashmir parts brings respite from severe cold

News Desk by News Desk
February 1, 2021 | 10:55 am
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Srinagar: A day after enduring the coldest night in 30 years, people in Srinagar woke up to a fresh blanket of snow as freezing weather conditions continue on Monday. While the overnight cloud cover led to a considerable increase in minimum temperatures, the mercury remained below normal across the Kashmir Valley.

Quoting an official from meteorological department, GNS reported that Srinagar witnessed one centimeter of fresh snowfall while mercury settled at minus 3.1°C against minus 8.8°C on previous night, the lowest temperature of the season so far and the coldest January night in the past 30 years.

The minimum temperatures have consistently remained far below normal this season. On January 14, Srinagar recorded minus 8.4°C. On 20 January 1991, Srinagar had witnessed a low of minus 11.8°C while the lowest ever temperature was recorded on 31 January 1893 when the mercury had plummeted to minus 14.4 degrees Celsius.

In the last 38 years, there have been 17 occasions when Srinagar recorded -8°C or less, of which 1991 remained the coldest and harshest winter with the prolonged cold spell of nine days.

The mercury settled at minus 6.0°C in Pahalgam against minus 12.0°C on the previous night while it received 2.4 cms of the fresh snow, the MeT official said.

Qazigund, the gateway town of J&K, recorded a low of minus 2.1°C against minus 10.2°C on the previous night while Kokernag recorded a minimum of minus 9.5°C against minus 12.4°C on the earlier night.

Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 8.2°C against minus 8.0°C on previous night while it 1.3 cms of fresh snow, the official said.

The mercury settled at minus 2.9°C in Kupwara against minus 2.3°C on the previous night and received the highest snowfall today of 3 cms, the official added.

The fresh snowfall comes two days after Chillai-Kalan, the 40-day long harshest winter period which commenced on December 21, and ended on January 31. The period is considered as the harshest of the winter when the chances of snowfall are most frequent and maximum.

The cold wave, however, continues even after that in Kashmir with a 20-day-long ‘Chillai-Khurd’ (small cold) and a 10-day-long ‘Chillai-Bachha’ (baby cold).

The weatherman has forecast isolated to scattered rain or snowfall during 1-3rd February due to which a gradual rise in minimum temperature is expected. (GNS)

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