Srinagar, March 2 -- Jammu and Kashmir has recorded its seventh consecutive winter rainfall deficit, with the season ending 65 per cent below normal, making it one of the driest winters on record.
Kashmir's Independent weather forecaster, Faizan Arif said J&K received just 100.6 mm of precipitation against a normal of 284.9 mm from December 2025 to the end of February.
He said data shows that every winter since 2019-20 has ended below normal, with seasonal rainfall departures standing at minus 20 per cent in 2019-20, minus 37 per cent in 2020-21, minus 8 per cent in 2021-22, minus 34 per cent in 2022-23, minus 54 per cent in 2023-24, minus 45 per cent in 2024-25, and plunging further to minus 65 per cent in 2025-26.
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