Srinagar, June 19 -- Srinagar recorded its hottest June day in two decades on Thursday, with temperatures reaching 35.2degC, marking a significant rise during the ongoing heatwave across the region.

This is the highest temperature recorded in the city during June in the last 20 years. The all-time highest June temperature in Srinagar remains 35.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel7degC, recorded on June 29, 1978.

In Qazigund, the temperature rose to 34.7degC, making it the highest June temperature there since 1988. It ranks as the third-highest June temperature recorded in the town, after 35.3degC on June 27, 1988, and 35.7degC on June 26, 1988.(KNS)

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