Srinagar, May 19 -- A heatwave swept through Kashmir Valley with Srinagar recording its hottest day this season at 32.2 degrees Celsius, according to data from the India Meteorological department's (IMD) Srinagar centre.

IMD said Srinagar's temperature was 6.8 degrees Celsius above normal.

"Kashmir is experiencing a heatwave. Hot and dry weather conditions are persisting in Jammu division. The Valley recorded the season's hottest day," said IMD's Srinagar centre director Mukhtar Ahmad.

The heatwave like conditions started on Saturday, when Srinagar recorded 31.5 degrees Celsius.

Qazigund, the gateway into the Valley, was the hottest in Kashmir, with the mercury touching a high of 33 degrees Celsius, some 8.6 degrees above normal.

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