Srinagar, Nov 12: The plains in Valley including Srinagar were lashed by incessant rains on Thursday while higher reaches witnessed light snowfall, bringing down temperatures across the Valley.

Gulmarg was among the wettest places, recording 14.4 mm of rain between 8:30 am and 5:30 pm, according to the Meteorological Centre Srinagar.
Kupwara got 14.3 mm. Pahalgam recorded 3.4 mm and Srinagar 1.6 mm, while Qazigund and Kokernag saw only traces.
Officials said moderate to light snowfall was recorded across several hamlets and upper reaches of Gurez valley, including Peer Baba, Kanzalwan, Bagtore, Tulail, Kilshay and Gujjran, among other areas.
The Bandipora-Gurez road was closed to traffic on Thursday following continuous snowfall that blocked the route to the north Kashmir valley in Bandipora district
The wet weather has brought down the day temperature by several degrees
Srinagar's maximum temperature was 10.4°C, 5.5 degrees below normal, while Kupwara was the coldest among the Valley's plains stations, with a maximum of 8.4°C, 7.6 degrees below normal.
Gulmarg's maximum was 4.0°C, and its minimum fell to minus 0.6°C. The night temperature in Pahalgam was recorded at minus 1.2 °C.
The Meteorological Department has forecast light to moderate rain in the plains and snow in the higher reaches at most places with moderate/heavy rain/snowfall at some places till Friday afternoon.
It said a brief spell of light rain/snow at a few places is also likely from November 14-15.The weather is likely to stay dry from November 16-20, it added.