Owais Gul
Srinagar, Jul 1: After the record-breaking maximum temperatures, Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, has recorded the hottest June month in the last 47 years while Qazigund also witnessed the warmest month in half a century.
According to the details, Srinagar has recorded the hottest June month since 1978, which was the second hottest as well since 1892.
An Independent Weather Forecaster, Faizan Arif Keng while divulging the details, stated that Qazigund, a gate way of Kashmir, has also recorded the warmest June in over 50 years.
“Srinagar just experienced its hottest June since 1978, making it the second hottest on record since observations began in 1892,” he said, adding that the average maximum temperature for June 2025 stood at 31.0°C, while the mean minimum settled at 18.2°C, resulting in an overall average temperature of 24.6°C.
The only hotter June on record for the city was in 1978, when the overall average temperature reached 25.0°C, driven by a higher mean maximum of 32.9°C, though the mean minimum that year was lower at 17.1°C, he informed.
“Interestingly, 2008 still holds the record for the highest mean minimum temperature in June at 18.3°C, slightly above this year’s figure,” Keng said.
Notably, an overall average temperature of 24.6°C — the same as this year — was also recorded in 1971 and 1973, placing 2025 on par with some of the hottest Junes in history.
Qazigund in June 2025 recorded a mean maximum of 30.3°C and a mean minimum of 16.1°C, taking the overall average temperature to 23.2°C — the highest since 1973.
“Back in 1973, the station had logged its hottest June on record with an average of 23.7°C, with slightly higher values — 30.4°C mean maximum and 16.9°C mean minimum,” Keng said, adding that June average in 1978 was also 23.2°C, same as this year, though the mean maximum was slightly lower at 30.2°C and the minimum a bit higher at 16.2°C.
Qazigund’s highest average minimum for June remains 17.3°C, recorded in 1971, when the overall mean temperature reached 23.3°C, he added.
Meanwhile, Srinagar was once again hotter than the Jammu region today with the mercury settling at 34.2°C while in Qazigund, a maximum temperature of 32.6°C was recorded today.
Pahalgam witnessed a maximum temperature of 30.0°C while Kupwara, Kokernag and Gulmarg, a famous ski-resort, recorded 34.7°C, 32.4°C and 24.5°C respectively.
Jammu City, however, recorded below normal temperature at 29.0°C, which was 7.0°C below average temperature.
Banihal recorded a maximum temperature of 29.6°C while Batote, Katra and Bhaderwah recorded 27.5°C, 26.0°C and 31.8°C respectively.
Furthermore, the weatherman here has predicted hot & humid weather conditions with possibility of brief spell of rain and thundershower at scattered places till July 04.
However, Director Meteorological department (MeT), Dr Mukhtar Ahmad said that from July 5 to July 7, generally cloudy weather is expected with possibility of intermittent light to moderate rain and thundershower at many places. “Few places may receive intense showers with heavy rain at isolated places of Jammu division,” he added.
From July 8 to July 10, he said there is a possibility of brief showers at scattered places.
Moreover, in its advisory, the MeT has said that flash floods are expected at few vulnerable places with landslides and mudslides & shooting stones as well during July 5 to July 7
“Rise in water level in rivers, streams, local Nalas and water logging in few low lying areas is also expected during the period,” he added. (KNO)
