Srinagar, March 3 -- Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a seventh consecutive rainfall-deficient winter this year, with a 65 percent departure from the normal.

The Kishtwar and Shopian districts recorded an alarming deficit this winter at 90 percent and 82 percent, respectively.

"Jammu and Kashmir has recorded its seventh straight winter rainfall deficit, with the core winter period December 2025 to February 2026 ending at a 65 per cent departure from the normal," @Kashmir_Weather, run by independent forecaster Faizan Arif posted on X.

Arif said the region received just 100.6 mm of precipitation against a normal of 284.9 mm during the three months.

The independent forecaster said that December, with a departure of 78 percent, saw the actual ...