Various meteorological variables were used to assess their effect on yellow rust severity of wheat varieties Agra local and PBW-343 at research station, SKUAST-J, Chatha. Disease severity was recorded in the plots following modified Cobb’s scale at different dates. The disease severity data was correlated with various meteorological variables viz., T_max (maximum temperature), T_min (minimum temperature), T_ave (average temperature), R_Hmax(maximum relative humidity), RH_min (minimum relative humidity), RH_ave (average relative humidity) and Rainfall. There was significantly positive correlation between disease severity and minimum, maximum and average temperature, whereas, minimum,  maximum and average relative humidity showed negative though significant correlation. The rainfall of 20.7 mm, T_ave 14.6oC and RH_ave of 85.5% were found conducive for disease development. The regression model depicted that the weather parameters taken under study contributed more than 80.2 and 81.1 per cent in the development of yellow rust in Agra local and PBW-343, respectively.