Srinagar- The fresh spell of precipitation has brought down the rainfall deficiency by 14 per cent as the deficit rainfall has reduced from 83 per cent last week to 69 per cent till Wednesday.
Major precipitation has been recorded at Kargil station in Ladakh as well as Rajouri and Poonch districts in Jammu division over the last one week. After zero rainfall in the first 50 days of this year, Kargil recorded 16.4 mm rainfall against the normal precipitation of 25 mm in the last 57 days of 2025.
The precipitation deficit has reduced from above 70 per cent to 50 per cent in Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu division, reveals data.
In the entire Jammu and Kashmir, the deficit rainfall has reduced to 69 per cent compared to 83 per cent last week. According to data, against the normal precipitation of 215.5mm, the region recorded a rainfall of 65.8 mm from January 01, 2025, to February 26, 225, news agency KNO reported.
However, other districts of Jammu and Kashmir despite witnessing a reduction in the precipitation deficiency continued to be categorised in the large deficiency list.
The data reveals a deficiency of 60 to 84 per cent in other districts of Jammu and Kashmir including Srinagar, the summer capital of the Union Territory, having a deficiency of 74 per cent during the period.
There is a forecast of more snow and rain for the next two days, which would likely reduce the rainfall deficit of this season. The weatherman has issued yellow and orange alerts for Jammu and Kashmir, predicting light to moderate rainfall till February 28.
Amid the declining trend in precipitation for the last three consecutive years, Kashmir Valley has recorded the worst-ever deficit rainfall in 2025 in the last eight years.
Official data revealed that a deficiency of 70 per cent was recorded from December 2024 to February 2025.
Temp Plummets, Travel Advisory Issued
Amidst the forecast of wet spell, the fresh snowfall occurred at multiple places across Kashmir while the intermittent rains continued for the second consecutive day on Wednesday.
The fresh snowfall was recorded at Gulmarg, a famous ski-resort and other places today, which led to temperatures plummeting in the Valley.
As per the details shared by an Independent Weather Forecaster, Aadil Maqbool, Sadhna Top and Zojila Pass recorded a snow depth of 2 feet. Z Gali, Gurez, Sinthan Top and Gulmarg recorded a snow depth of one feet each till this evening while Sonamarg recorded 1.5 ft and Doodhpathri recorded 8 inches.
Pahalgam and Kupwara recorded rainfall of above 20 mm in the last 24 hours while Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, witnessed the rainfall of 7.8 mm during the period.
Chill returned to Srinagar as the city recorded the maximum temperature of 6.6 degree Celsius.
In its week-long weather forecast, Director Meteorological department (MeT), Dr Mukhtar Ahmad said that there is a possibility of light to moderate rain and snow at most places with isolated heavy rain and snow over both Kashmir & Jammu divisions for next two days.
On March 1 & 2, Ahmad said that amid generally cloudy weather, there is a forecast of light rain and snow at isolated to scattered places, adding that on March 3, light to moderate rain and snow is expected at many places.
From March 4 & 6, he said generally dry weather is expected.
Meanwhile, in its advisory, the local MeT department has said that there is a possibility of temporary disruption of surface transportation mainly over Sadhna pass, Razdan Pass, Sonamarg-Zojila-Gumri axis, Mughal Road, Sinthan Pass & other major roads of hilly districts are expected.
Tourists, travelers and transporters are advised to plan accordingly & follow administration and traffic advisory, it reads, adding that farmers are advised to suspend irrigation & other farm operations.
Significant fall in day temperature is expected during the above period, the MeT added.
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