Srinagar, Jan 29: Kashmir reeled under cold conditions as the night temperature settled several degrees below the freezing point at most places, officials said in Thursday.
However, many places, including Srinagar, recorded warmer-than-expected night temperature.
The minimum in the city settled at minus 0.6 degrees Celsius, down from the previous night’s 0.1 degrees Celsius. The night temperature was 0.3 degrees above the seasonal normal.
Sonamarg in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district was the coldest recorded place in Jammu and Kashmir, registering a low of minus 11.2 degrees Celsius, down from the previous night’s minus 9.8 degrees Celsius, the officials said.
The famous ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district registered a low of minus 9, while the Pahalgam tourist resort in south Kashmir, which also serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra, recorded a low of minus 4.5 degrees Celsius.