rinagar: Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, and Kupwara town in north Kashmir recorded the hottest July day since 2013 on Sunday, officials said.
A meteorological department official told GNS that Srinagar recorded 35 degrees Celsius, over five degrees above normal. Today’s maximum temperature in Srinagar was highest since 29 July 2013 when the mercury had shot up to 35.4 degrees Celsius, the official said.
Interestingly, Jammu, the winter capital of J&K, recorded a maximum of 36.0 degrees Celsius, just a degree higher than Srinagar. However it was nearly two degrees above normal of 34.2 degrees in Jammu, the official said.
Qazigund, the gate town of Kashmir, recorded a maximum of 32 (against normal of 27.9) degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 30.2 degrees Celsius while Kokernag recorded 31.8 degrees Celsius, the official said.
