The weather Department has forecasted snow and rains till February 8 in Kashmir.<br />Amid cloud cover and rains at some places, night temperature recorded an increase in Jammu and Kashmir with only Gulmarg and Pahalgam registering below freezing te!mperature. <br /><br />A meteorological department told GNS Srinagar, the summer capital of the J&K, recorded a low of 2.8°C against last night’s minus 1.6°C, he said. There was rainfall in traces during the last 24 hours till 0830 hours today, the official said.<br /> <br />Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, recorded a low of 1.2°C against minus 3.3°C on the previous night, he said.<br /><br />Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, had a low of 0.1°C against minus 4.9°C on the previous night, the official said.<br /><br />Pahalgam, the famous resort in south Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 3.7°C against minus 11.3°C last night, he said.<br /><br />Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 7.5°C against minus 9.8°C on the previous night, he said.<br /><br />The temperature was 0.8°C below normal for this time of the year in the famous resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, he said. It also received rainfall of 0.6mm during the time. <br /><br />Kupwara town in north Kashmir, which received 1.3mm of rain, recorded a low of 1.1°C against minus 4.0°C on the previous night, the official said.<br /><br />While the ‘Chillai Kalan’, the 40-day long harshest period of winter ended on January 30, Kashmir is under the grip of the 20-day long ‘Chillai Khurd’ which would be followed by 10-day-long ‘Chilla Bachha’.<br /><br />Jammu recorded a low of 6.6°C against previous night’s 6.5°C. The temperature was 2.9°C below normal for the J&K’s winter capital during this time of the year, he said.<br /><br />Banihal recorded a low of 2.2°C, Batote had a minimum of 3.2°C while Bhaderwah recorded a low of 1.1°C, the official said.<br /><br />Ladakh’s Leh recorded a low of minus 11.4°C against last night’s minus 15.0°C while mercury at automatic station in Kargil settled at minus 12.5°C. Drass, the second coldest place in the world after Siberia, recorded a low of minus 17.9°C against last night’s minus 23.1°C, official said.<br /><br />The weatherman has forecast “erratic weather” with possibility of light rains and snowfall at scattered places till February 8.
