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Drought won in Kashmir valley even as the base temperature decreased by a few degrees, heightening frigid circumstances, authorities said on Wednesday.

The dry weather conditions has brought about freezing evenings and hotter than normal days as Srinagar on Tuesday recorded a greatest temperature of 14.2 degrees Celsius which was 8.1 degrees higher than expected for this season.

Jammu, the colder time of year capital of the association region, was colder than Srinagar on Tuesday recording a high of 11.6 degrees Celsius, which was 6.5 degrees beneath the ordinary.

Jammu is right now under a front of thick haze which has brought about colder days.

Srinagar city recorded a base temperature of less 5 degrees Celsius on Tuesday night, down from less 2.4 degrees Celsius recorded on the earlier evening, the authorities said.

They said Qazigund recorded a low of less 4.4 degrees against less 2.6 degrees Celsius, while in the ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir it was short 5 degrees Celsius on Tuesday night, somewhat down from the base temperature recorded the earlier evening.

Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag locale, which fills in as one of the headquarters for the yearly Amarnath Yatra, recorded a base temperature of short 6.3 degrees Celsius, up from the earlier night's less 4.4 degrees Celsius, they said.

The base temperature in Kokernag town settled at short 2.4 degrees Celsius and in Kupwara at less 4.7 degrees Celsius.

Kashmir is as of now under the grasp of "Chilla-I-Kalan", a 40-day cruel winter period, when a virus wave clears the locale and temperatures decrease significantly prompting the freezing of water bodies as well as water in pipes.

The possibilities of snowfall are the most noteworthy during this period and most regions, especially the higher ranges, get weighty snowfall.

Kashmir has been going through a drawn out drought and a 79 percent shortage in precipitation was recorded for December while there has been no precipitation in the main seven day stretch of January.

There has been no snowfall in most plain areas of Kashmir, while the upper scopes of the valley have gotten lesser than common measure of snow. The meteorological division has figure chiefly dry weather conditions till January 12.

'Chilla-I-Kalan' will end on January 31. Notwithstanding, the virus conditions will go on after that with a 20-day 'Chilla-I-Khurd' (little cold) and a 10-day 'Chilla-I-Bachha' (child cold).