Srinagar, 22 Sep (KB): A severe heatwave gripped parts of Kashmir, with Srinagar recording its all-time second-highest September temperature of 33.8\u00b0C on sunday.<\/p>\n
Independent weather forecaster Faizan Arif running Kashmir Weather told news agency Kashmir Bulletin that, , today’s maximum temperature in Srinagar reached 33.8\u00b0C, a departure of 6.4\u00b0C from normal. This reading is only second to the all-time highest temperature of 35.0\u00b0C recorded on September 18, 1934. Notably, Srinagar had also recorded 33.8\u00b0C on September 1, 1970.<\/p>\n
In Qazigund, the temperature soared to 32.8\u00b0C, marking the highest September temperature ever recorded in the area. This reading matches previous records set on September 12, 2019, and September 8, 1988, with a departure of 6.5\u00b0C from normal, he said.<\/p>\n
Other areas in Kashmir also experienced unusually high temperatures, including Kupwara at 32.3\u00b0C, Pahalgam at 29.0\u00b0C, Kokarnaag at 31.6\u00b0C, Gulmarg at 24.5\u00b0C, Kulgam at 32.7\u00b0C, Budgam at 32.6\u00b0C, Shopian at 33.8\u00b0C, Anantnag at 32.7\u00b0C, Pulwama at 31.8\u00b0C, Badipora at 32.1\u00b0C, and Baramulla at 31.1\u00b0C.<\/p>\n
As reported earlier, weatherman has predicted Hot and Dry weather with above normal temperatures in J&K till September 25 and scattered to fairly widespread Rains on 26, 27 Sep. (KB)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Srinagar, 22 Sep (KB): A severe heatwave gripped parts of Kashmir, with Srinagar recording its all-time second-highest September temperature of 33.8°C on sunday. Independent weather forecaster Faizan Arif running Kashmir Weather told news agency Kashmir Bulletin that, , today’s maximum temperature in Srinagar reached 33.8°C, a departure of 6.4°C from normal. This reading is only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kashmir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81728,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81726\/revisions\/81728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}