As temperatures fell throughout Kashmir, MET recorded minus 5.6°C in Srinagar, whereas Gulmarg shivered at minus 13.4 °C.
Chilly wave intensified throughout Kashmir Valley after two days of respite from chilly. MET recorded a temperature of minus 5.6 levels Celsius, freezing all water faucets and water our bodies in Kashmir.
Equally, the temperatures settled at minus 12.3°C in Pahalgam. Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 13.4°C in opposition to 12.0°C earlier night time, Qazigund recorded minus 10.5°C, and Kokernag recorded minus 10.7°C, a handout of Srinagar metrological division said.
MET predicted primarily dry chilly climate for subsequent 24 hours. Nonetheless, one other moist spell of rain and snowfall in Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh is predicted from January 31 which is able to intensify on February 2 and February 3.
Many components of Kashmir, together with Srinagar, obtained contemporary snowfall on Saturday, the third time this month. Attributable to steady snowfall since Saturday morning, all flights to and from the Srinagar worldwide airport have been cancelled.
After opening for a couple of hours on Saturday, the Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway was closed once more as a consequence of heavy snowfall. The freeway which was opened for one-way site visitors from Jammu to Srinagar on Saturday has been closed as a consequence of snowfall close to Jawahar Tunnel.