{"id":31541,"date":"2026-09-28T21:16:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=31541"},"modified":"2026-09-28T21:16:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:16:23","slug":"fresh-snow-blankets-affarwat-peak-in-gulmarg-rain-sweeps-jk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/28\/fresh-snow-blankets-affarwat-peak-in-gulmarg-rain-sweeps-jk\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh snow blankets Affarwat peak in Gulmarg; rain sweeps J&#038;K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar, Sep 28: Fresh snowfall was recorded over the Affarwat peak in Gulmarg on Monday as light rain and thundershowers lashed several parts of Jammu and Kashmir, bringing a brief spell of cooler weather across the Union Territory.<\/p>\n<p>The fresh snow over the higher reaches of Gulmarg added to the wintry look of the tourist resort, while rainfall was reported from various areas across J&amp;K.<\/p>\n<p>The Meteorological Centre Srinagar, according to the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said the weather remained generally cloudy with light rain and thundershowers at many places during the day.<\/p>\n<p>Gulmarg recorded a maximum temperature of 20.8\u00b0C and a minimum of 5.5\u00b0C, the season&#8217;s lowest and 1.4\u00b0C below normal.<\/p>\n<p>In Kashmir, Srinagar recorded a maximum of 29.8\u00b0C and a minimum of 11.5\u00b0C, while Pahalgam registered 24.8\u00b0C and 7\u00b0C, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>In Jammu division, Jammu city recorded a maximum temperature of 31.4\u00b0C. Batote received 1.4 mm of rainfall and Bhaderwah 6.2 mm during the past 24 hours. The highest rainfall of 16.5 mm was recorded at ARG Bakore.<\/p>\n<p>The MeT department has forecast generally dry weather from September 29 to October 3.<\/p>\n<p>From October 4 to 6, weather is expected to remain partly to generally cloudy, with light rain, light snowfall over higher reaches, thunderstorms and gusty winds at a few places. Similar conditions are likely on October 9 and 10, while October 7 and 8 are expected to remain largely dry.<\/p>\n<p>The department has advised farmers to continue harvesting apples, paddy and other crops and ensure safe storage of harvested produce\u2014(KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar, Sep 28: Fresh snowfall was recorded over the Affarwat peak in Gulmarg on Monday as light rain and thundershowers lashed several parts of Jammu and Kashmir, bringing a brief spell of cooler weather across the Union Territory. The fresh snow over the higher reaches of Gulmarg added to the wintry look of the tourist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31543,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31541\/revisions\/31543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}