Valley witnesses sub-zero temperatures; Sonamarg coldest at minus 5.8 degrees Celsius
Srinagar, Dec 27 (PTI) The night temperatures plunged below the freezing point in Kashmir as the mercury dropped at most places owing to clear skies.
The Valley is bracing up for another spell of rains and snow around the New Year’s Eve, weather officials said on Saturday.
Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 2.6 degrees Celsius on Friday night, nearly three degrees down from 0.2 degrees Celsius on the previous night, they said.
Central Kashmir’s tourist resort of Sonamarg was the coldest in Jammu and Kashmir with a low of minus 5.8 degrees Celsius, down from minus 4.7 degrees Celsius a day ago.
Pahalgam tourist resort in south Kashmir, which also serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath yatra, was the second coldest place at minus 4.8 degrees Celsius, officials said.
They said the famous ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 4.2 degrees Celsius.
Among other places, Qazigund recorded a low of minus 2.8 degrees Celsius, Kokernag minus 0.9 degrees Celsius and Kupwara minus 3.8 degrees Celsius.
