<p>Snowfall has been reported overnight in the upper mountainous reaches of Gulmarg tourist resort, JK MeT director Sonum Lotus said here today.<br /><br />Light to moderate snowfall was also received in mountains of Gurez in Bandipora district and Machil sector in Kupwara district, he said.<br /><br />Intermittent rains across the Valley since yesterday have brought a sharp dip in the day temperature in the region.<br /><br />The summer capital of Srinagar was lashed with 13.0 mm rainfall, while the tourist resort of Pahalgam in south Kashmir received 10.2 mm rains.<br /><br />Gulmarg, where the night temperature plunged below zero degree, received 18.8 mm rainfall. The minimum temperature recorded in this famous skiing resort was minus one degree Celsius, officials said.<br /><br />Kashmir witnesses an extremely harsh four month winter season beginning November when the minimum temperature across the valley mostly remains below the freezing point.</p>
<p>Snowfall has been reported overnight in the upper mountainous reaches of Gulmarg tourist resort, JK MeT director Sonum Lotus said here today.<br /><br />Light to moderate snowfall was also received in mountains of Gurez in Bandipora district and Machil sector in Kupwara district, he said.<br /><br />Intermittent rains across the Valley since yesterday have brought a sharp dip in the day temperature in the region.<br /><br />The summer capital of Srinagar was lashed with 13.0 mm rainfall, while the tourist resort of Pahalgam in south Kashmir received 10.2 mm rains.<br /><br />Gulmarg, where the night temperature plunged below zero degree, received 18.8 mm rainfall. The minimum temperature recorded in this famous skiing resort was minus one degree Celsius, officials said.<br /><br />Kashmir witnesses an extremely harsh four month winter season beginning November when the minimum temperature across the valley mostly remains below the freezing point.</p>