Srinagar: Mercury dropped to minus 3.0°C in Srinagar even as other places recorded a slight increase on Saturday, officials said.
A meteorological department official said that Srinagar, the summer capital of the JK, recorded a fall of nearly 0.8°C against last night’s minus 2.2°C.
Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, witnessed a low of minus 3.2°C against minus 3.2°C on the previous night, he said.
Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, had a low of minus 3.5°C against minus 3.6°C on the previous night, the official said.
Pahalgam, the famous resort in south Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 8.1°C against minus 9.4°C last night, he said.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 7.8°C against minus 10.2°C on the previous night, he said.
The temperature was 1.6°C below normal for this time of the year in the famous resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
Kupwara town in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 4.0°C against minus 3.9°C on the previous night, the official said.
Jammu recorded a low of 6.0°C against the previous night’s 5.3°C, the official said. The temperature was 4.1°C below normal for the JK’s winter capital during this time of the year, he said.
Banihal recorded a low of 3.4°C, Batote had a minimum of 3.6°C while Bhaderwah recorded a low of minus 0.6°C, the official said.
Ladakh’s Leh recorded a low of minus 15.4°C against last night minus 15.8°C while the mercury in Kargil settled at minus 18.6°C.
Drass, the second coldest place in the world after Siberia, recorded a low of minus 25.2°C, the same as the previous night, the official said.
Meanwhile, the weatherman has forecast dry weather for the next couple of days in Jammu and Kashmir.
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