Hottest day of season in Kashmir

Srinagar, Jun 11 (UNI) People in Kashmir continued to swelter in summer heat as the mercury shot up further today to record the hottest day of the season in the Valley so far.

While the day temperature in Jammu came down by about four degrees, the mercury shot up by four degrees during the night.

The weather office here said the maximum temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, was recorded at 34.5 degrees Celsius while the minimum temperature stood at 15.1 degrees Celsius.

Yesterday, the maximum temperature in Srinagar stood at 34.4 degrees Celsius while 14.9 degrees Celsius was the minimum.

The maximum temperature in Jammu, the state's winter capital, was recorded at 42.3 degrees Celsius while the minimum stood at 30.8 degrees Celsius.

The maximum temperature in Jammu had soared to 46.3 degrees Celsius yesterday while the minimum was at 26.8 degrees Celsius.

Pahalgam and other hill resorts in Kashmir also witnessed high temperatures. In Pahalgam, the maximum stood at 29.5 degrees Celsius while the minimum was recorded at 10.0 degrees Celsius.

The all time highest temperature recorded in Kashmir was on July 15, 1973 when the mercury had shot up to 39.5 degrees Celsius.

The highest temperature ever recorded in the month of June in the Kashmir valley was on June 29, 1978 when the mercury had gone up to 37.8 degrees Celsius.

On June 23, 1990, the maximum temperature in Kashmir stood at 36.0 degrees Celsius while it was recorded at 36.5 degrees Celsius on June 24, 2005.

A large number of people, mostly children, were seen taking dip in the famed Dal Lake and River Jhelum here to beat the heat.

Ice cream vendors and fruit sellers have been doing brisk business these days.

Heavy rush of people, mostly domestic tourists, was being witnessed on the banks of the Dal Lake and the Boulevard Road in the evenings these days.

UNI