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Harshest Winter Phase ‘Chillai-Kalan’ Ends with Coldest day in Srinagar

Photo by Sajad Hameed for The Kashmiriyat

On Saturday, maximum temperatures dropped further in most parts of Kashmir due to daylong cloud cover even as the 40-day long period of harsh winter cold ‘Chillai Kalan’, that began on 21 December last year, ended in the Valley.

Chillai-Kalan is followed by a 20-day-long period called ‘Chillai-Khurd’ (small cold) that occurs between January 30 and February 19 and a 10-day-long period ‘Chillai-Bachha’ (baby cold) which is from February 20 to March 1.

As per Kashmir Weather, an independent weather forecaster, Srinagar city recorded a maximum temperature of 2.0 degrees Celsius – 5.5 degrees below normal – which is the lowest of the season so far.

Qazigund, Pahalgam and Kokernag in south Kashmir recorded high temperatures of 2.
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1°C, 1.5°C and 1.7°C respectively.

Gulmarg and Kupwara in north Kashmir recorded maximum temperatures of 1.2°C and 3.3°C respectively.

Kashmir Weather has forecasted of severe cold wave conditions for another 24hrs with some respite from February 01 onward.

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