The weather department predicted light rains and snowfall on March 2 to 3 in Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere will be partly cloudy weather till March 1st and cloudy with possibility of light rain\/snow (over higher reaches) during 2-3rd March,\u201d an official of the meterological department here said. \u201cThere\u2019s no forecast of any significant weather till March 5,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Earlier the meteorological department official said that Srinagar received 4.6mm of rain in the last 24 hours till 0830 hours. The summer capital of J&K recorded a rise of 0.2\u00b0C in night temperature with mercury settling at 1.8\u00b0C against last night\u2019s 1.6\u00b0C, he said.<\/p>\n
Qazigund had 6.5 centimeters of fresh snowfall during the time and recorded a low of minus 0.2\u00b0C against 0.6\u00b0C on the previous night, he said.<\/p>\n
Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, also received 4.0 cms of snowfall and had a low of minus 0.8\u00b0C against minus 1.5\u00b0C on the previous night, the official said.<\/p>\n
Pahalgam, the famous resort in south Kashmir, received 16 centimeters of fresh snowfall and recorded a low of minus 0.8\u00b0C against minus 1.8\u00b0C last night, he said.<\/p>\n
Gulmarg received 15.2 centimeters of fresh snowfall and recorded a low of minus 7.5\u00b0C against minus 5.5\u00b0C on the previous night, he said.<\/p>\n
The temperature was 1.7\u00b0C below normal for this time of the year in the famous resort in north Kashmir\u2019s Baramulla district, he said.<\/p>\n
Kupwara town in north Kashmir had 2 cms of snowfall and recorded a low of0.2\u00b0C against 2.2\u00b0C on the previous night, the official said.<\/p>\n
While \u2018Chillai Kalan\u2019, the 40-day long harshest period of winter ended on January 30, and 20-day long \u2018Chillai Khurd\u2019 culminated on February 19, Kashmir is presently under the grip of 10-day-long \u2018Chilla Bachha\u2019.<\/p>\n
Jammu had 21.7mm of rainfall overnight and recorded a low of 8.8\u00b0C against 10.4\u00b0C on the previous night, the official said.<\/p>\n
The temperature was 2.8\u00b0C below normal for the J&K\u2019s winter capital during this time of the year, he said.<\/p>\n
Banihal recorded 12 cms of snowfall and had a low of minus 0.4\u00b0C, Batote received 5cms of snowfall and recorded a minimum of minus 1.9\u00b0C while Bhaderwah witnessed 3.0 cm of snowfall and recorded a low of 0.1\u00b0C, the official said.<\/p>\n
Ladakh\u2019s Leh recorded a low of minus 6.6\u00b0C against last night minus 7.0\u00b0C on the previous night. Drass, the second coldest place in the world after Siberia, recorded a low of minus 7.9\u00b0C, against 18.0\u00b0C on the previous night, officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The weather department predicted light rains and snowfall on March 2 to 3 in Jammu and Kashmir. \u201cThere will be partly cloudy weather till March 1st and cloudy with possibility of light rain\/snow (over higher reaches) during 2-3rd March,\u201d an official of the meterological department here said. \u201cThere\u2019s no forecast of any significant weather till …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,13,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-jammu-kashmir","category-region"],"yoast_head":"\n