Gulmarg is the coldest place in Jammu and Kashmir at minus 9.2 degrees Celsius

As Chilla-I-Kalan entered its keep going week on Tuesday, the base temperature in many pieces of Kashmir remained a few degrees over the typical for this season of the period, besides in the vacationer resort of Gulmarg, authorities said here.

Srinagar, the mid year capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a low of 1.8 degrees Celsius down from 2.8 degrees Celsius the earlier evening, they said.

Gulmarg recorded a low of short 9.2 degrees Celsius up marginally from less 9.5 degrees Celsius the earlier evening.

Pahalgam, which likewise fills in as the headquarters for the yearly Amarnath yatra, recorded a low of short 2.8 degrees Celsius down from the earlier night's less 0.8 degrees Celsius, they said.

The authorities said Qazigund recorded the base of zero degrees Celsius, while the close by south Kashmir town of Kokernag recorded a low of less 0.4 degrees Celsius.

The mercury in Kupwara in north Kashmir settled at a low of 0.4 degrees Celsius.

The MeT Office said there was new light snowfall at segregated spots.

It conjecture light downpour/snow at disconnected spots over next 24 hours also.

Thereafter, the climate is probably going to remain mostly dry till the month's end and there is no conjecture of any significant downpour/snow till the finish of January, it said.

Kashmir valley is right now under the hold of the 40-day cruelest winter period known as 'Chilla-I-Kalan' which started on December 21 last year.

'Chilla-I-Kalan' is a period when a virus wave holds the area and the temperature drops impressively prompting the freezing of water bodies including the popular Dal Lake here just as the water supply lines in a few pieces of the valley.

The odds of snowfall are the most continuous and greatest during this period and most regions, particularly in the higher scopes, get weighty to extremely weighty snowfall.

The 'Chilla-I-Kalan' will end on January 31, however the virus wave proceeds even after that in Kashmir with a 20-day-long 'Chillai-Khurd' (little cold) and a 10-day-long 'Chillai-Bachha' (child cold).