Srinagar witnesses coldest night of season at minus 2.2 degrees Celsius
Srinagar: Srinagar witnessed the coldest night of this winter as the mercury slipped below freezing point at most places in Kashmir on Monday night, officials said.
“Srinagar recorded a low of (-) 2.2 degrees Celsius, the lowest of the season so far,” a Meteorological Department official said here on Tuesday.
He said the Jammu and Kashmir summer capital had recorded a temperature of (-) 1.8 degrees Celsius on Sunday night.
Pahalgam in south Kashmir, which serves as the base for the annual Amarnath yatra, was the coldest place in the Valley at (-) 4.2 degrees Celsius while Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded a temperature of (-) 1.5 degrees Celsius, he added.
The minimum temperature is expected to fall further with the Met department forecasting dry weather over the next five days.
The official here said that amidst mist this morning, the summer capital of J&K surpassed previous lowest of minus 2.1°C recorded on Sunday.
Qazigund recorded a low of minus 1.8°C against minus 1.6°C on the previous night. The temperature was 1.0°C below normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said.
In Pahalgam, the mercury settled at minus 4.2°C against minus 4.0°C on the previous night and it was 0.8°C below normal for the south Kashmir resort, he said.
Kokernag recorded a low of 0.1°C against 0.4°C on the previous night and it was 0.5°C above normal for the place, he said.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 1.5°C against minus 1.0°C as on the previous night, the official said. It was 1.6°C above normal for the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, the official said.
In Kupwara town, the mercury settled at minus 2.4°C against minus 2.1°C on the previous night, the official said. It was 1.1°C below normal for the north Kashmir place, he said.
Jammu recorded a low of 9.8°C, the same as on the previous night. It was 0.5°C below normal for J&K’s winter capital, he said. Banihal recorded a low of 2.4°C (0.5°C above normal), Batote 5.1°C (1.0°C above normal), Katra 9.4°C (0.5°C above normal) and Bhadarwah 2.8°C (1.5°C above normal).
In Ladakh, Leh recorded minus 8.6°C, Kargil minus 11.0°C and mercury in Drass, the world’s second coldest place after Siberia, settled at minus 12.1°C, the official said.
The MeT department has forecast mainly dry weather for next 24 in J&K and said that no large change was expected till December 7.
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