Srinagar, Feb. 21 -- Independent weatherman Faizan Keng has said that an all-time temperature record for February was shattered in Srinagar on Saturday, with the maximum temperature soaring to 21.0degC.

He said, "The reading is now officially the highest ever recorded in the month of February in Srinagar. The previous all-time February record stood at 20.6degC, which was observed on February 24, 2016."

He said that what makes the development even more remarkable is the magnitude of the anomaly. "Today's temperature was a massive +10.0degC above normal, which is an extraordinary deviation for late winter in the Valley," he said.

Keng said, "This is not an isolated spike but part of a broader, intensifying warm spell. With dry conditions l...