Srinagar, July 28 (Reporter) At 36.2°C, Srinagar has recorded the 3rd highest maximum temperature since 1997 on Sunday. The minimum temperature recorded during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday at 24.6°C was also the hottest in 132 years, officials said The maximum temperature at 36.2°C was the 6th ever in July since 1893, when a weather observatory was established in Kashmir valley, an independent weather observer Faizan Arif said. The MeT office said that the all-time highest Maximum temperature in July was recorded at 38.3°C on July 10, 1946, and the second highest at 37.0°C on July 9, 1999. The 3rd highest maximum temperature was recorded at 36.2°C recorded on Sunday and it was 6.3°C above normal for the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir during this period of the season. Quazigund on Srinagar-Jammu national highway also witnessed the highest ever maximum temperature with 35.6°C recorded Sunday surpassing the previous highest temperature of 34.5°C recorded on July 11, 1988. Similarly, the picnic spot of Kokernag in south Kashmir also recorded the highest day temperature with 34.1°C on Sunday. Earlier, the 2nd highest maximum temperature was recorded at 33.3°C on July 3, 2024, and the 3rd highest at 33.0°C on July 8, 1993. Amid sweltering heat and hot and humid weather conditions, Srinagar experienced the season’s hottest minimum temperature during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday at 24.6°C also. Sunday’s minimum temperature was 5.8°C above normal and the 3rd highest in the past 132 years in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. The 2nd all-time highest minimum temperature was recorded on July 26, 2021, at 24.8°C while on July 21, 1988, the minimum temperature was recorded at 25.2°C, MeT Director Mukhtar Ahmad told UNI. The minimum temperature recorded in other places of Kashmir valley was also recorded above normal by 3°C to 8°C during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. He said the Hot and Humid weather conditions will persist in Kashmir valley with a chance of a few spots that may record thunder-showers towards afternoon or during the night today. “There is a possibility of rain chances standing at 55 percent in some parts of Kashmir valley amid Hot and Humid weather on July 29 and with that, the temperature may come down by 1°C to 4°C”, he added. From July 31 to August 1, the day temperature may stay in the range of 29-33°C with the possibility of showers in between. However, no continuous rainfall is expected as of now. 30 July - 01 August: Day temperatures may stay in the range of 29 - 33°C. There is a possibility of showers in between. No continuous rainfall is expected as of now. The MeT office said that Rajouri in the Jammu division experienced 88.4mm of rainfall, Jammu 64.4mm, Katra 21.6mm, and Kathua 20.8mm during the past 24 hours. There is a possibility of a brief spell of rain/thundershower at isolated places of Kashmir Division and light to moderate rain/thundershower at many places of Jammu Division on Sunday. From July 29 to 31, the weather is likely to remain generally cloudy with intermittent spells of light to moderate rain/thundershower scattered to fairly widespread places of Kashmir Division and widespread places of Jammu Division. The weather will generally remain cloudy with spells of intermittent light to moderate rain/thundershower at many places in Kashmir Division and most places of Jammu Division from August 1 to 4, the MeT office said. Meanwhile, hundreds of men, women, and children mostly barefoot reciting religious hymns, visited the revered Sufi saint Sheikh Noor-Ud-Wali Shrine in Charar-e-Sharief in Budgam district for prayers to seek the end of the present dry hot weather and rains in Kashmir valley...////...