Srinagar: While most parts of Kashmir on Monday received fresh rainfall during the last 24 hours, the Meteorological Department predicted fairly widespread precipitation on Tuesday.
“During the last 24 hours there have been light to moderate rains across J&K,” the MeT officials said. “We expect fairly widespread light to moderate rain and thunderstorms over J&K during the next 24 hours.”
Officials said that during the last 24 hours till 8:30 am on Monday, Srinagar recorded 0.3 mm of rainfall, Pahalgam traces, Kupwara 2 mm, Kokernag traces, Gulmarg 1.2 mm, and Jammu 0.2 mm.
The MeT officials said that Srinagar recorded a low of 7.9 degrees Celsius against 6.7 degrees Celsius the previous night and it was 1.5 degrees Celsius above normal.
They said Gulmarg ski resort in Baramulla recorded a low of 0.5 degrees Celsius against minus 0.6 degrees Celsius the previous night and it was 0.1 degree Celsius above normal.
The MeT officials said Qazigund recorded a low of 5.1 degrees Celsius against 3.5 degrees Celsius the previous night and it was 0.7 degrees Celsius above normal.
They said that Pahalgam tourist resort in south Kashmir recorded a low of 3 degrees Celsius against 2.7 degrees Celsius the previous night and it was 1.3 degrees Celsius above normal at the tourist resort.
The MeT officials said that Kokernag in Anantnag recorded a low of 5.2 degrees Celsius against 3.1 degrees Celsius the previous night and it was 0.1 degrees Celsius above normal.
They said that the mercury in Kupwara town settled at 7.2 degrees Celsius against 6.6 degrees Celsius the previous night and it was 2 degrees Celsius above normal.
The MeT officials said that Jammu recorded a low of 16.3 degrees Celsius against 12.3 degrees Celsius the previous night and it was 0.8 degrees Celsius below normal.
DEFICIENT RAINFALL IN MARCH
During March, the MeT officials said that most of the Western Disturbances remained feeble in nature, resulting in a 37 percent rainfall deficiency for J&K and Ladakh with 98.9 mm of rainfall against the norm of 157.5 mm between March 1 and April 2.
Officials said that this was the third year in a row that March had suffered most from a lack of rainfall