Srinagar, Jan 31 || Night temperature dropped below the freezing point in the Valley in the wee hours of Saturday and the ski resort of Gulmarg was the coldest at minus 6.5 degrees Celsius.
However, the day temperatures improved in J&K after the 40-day period of harsh winter cold known locally as the ‘Chillai Kalan’ ended on January 30.
Srinagar city had 10 and Jammu 22.1 as the maximum temperature on Friday.
Today, the minimum temperature was minus 0.1 in Srinagar, minus 2.6 in Pahalgam and minus 6.5 in Gulmarg.
Jammu city had 10.1, Katra town 9, Batote 4.2, Banihal 0.8 and Bhaderwah 0.6 as the minimum temperature on Saturday.
The MET department has forecast generally cloudy weather with light to moderate rain/snow (in higher reaches) and thunder/gusty winds at many places on January 31 and February 1 in J&K.