Srinagar, June 19 : Srinagar recorded its hottest June day in two decades on Thursday, with temperatures reaching 35.2°C, marking a significant rise during the ongoing heatwave across the region.
This is the highest temperature recorded in the city during June in the last 20 years. The all-time highest June temperature in Srinagar remains 357°C, recorded on June 29, 1978.
In Qazigund, the temperature rose to 34.7°C, making it the highest June temperature there since 1988. It ranks as the third-highest June temperature recorded in the town, after 35.3°C on June 27, 1988, and 35.7°C on June 26, 1988.(KNS)
