Snow, rain lift min temperature in Kashmir, Srinagar records warmest night this winter
SRINAGAR, Dec 21 (PTI: Snowfall in the upper reaches and rains in the plains pushed up the minimum temperature in Kashmir on Sunday, with Srinagar recording its warmest night this winter, officials said here.
At 4 degrees Celsius, the minimum temperature in Srinagar on Sunday was six notches above normal, even as the higher reaches of Kashmir witnessed snowfall and the plains rain as ‘Chillai-Kalan’, the 40-day harshest winter period, brought much-needed respite for the people of the Valley after a prolonged dry spell, an official of the local meteorological department said.
The rise in minimum temperature was due to overcast skies in the region, he said.
