Srinagar, March 9 -- Amid forecast for mainly dry weather, the minimum temperature recorded a rise in Jammu and Kashmir barring Pahalgam, Gulmarg and Kupwara on Wednesday, officials said.

Quoting an official of the meteorological department, GNS reported that Srinagar recorded a low of 3.5degC against 3.3degC on the previous night and it was 0.2degC above normal for the summer capital.

Qazigund, he said, recorded a low of 2.4degC against 2.0degC on the previous night and it was 0.2degC above normal for the gateway town of Kashmir.

Pahalgam, he said, recorded a low of minus 1.7degC against minus 1.4degC on the previous night and it was 0.3degC below normal for the famous tourist resort in south Kashmir's Anantnag district.

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