At -5.6C, Srinagar records coldest Dec night

December 27, 2019 16:36

The cold wave continued its record breaking spree in Kashmir as Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season with the city freezing at minus 5.6 degrees Celsius, MeT Office said on Friday. The minimum temperature across Kashmir and Ladakh remained several degrees below the freezing point on Friday owing to clear sky, an official of the Meteorological Department said. He said Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season so far as the minimum temperature in the city settled at minus 5.6 degrees Celsius last night -- 0.6 degrees down from minus 5.0 degree Celsius the previous night, leading to freezing of water supply lines at several places.

The ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded the low of minus 9.5 degrees Celsius last night '" up from the previous night's minus 11.2 degrees Celsius, he said.

The night temperature at Pahalgam resort, which also serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath yatra in south Kashmir, settled at a low of minus 12.0 degrees Celsius as against minus 12.7 degrees Celsius yesterday, he said. Pahalgam, in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, was the coldest recorded place in the valley, he added.

The official said Qazigund -- the gateway town to the valley - in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 10.5 degrees Celsius -- a decrease of nearly two degrees from minus 9.8 degrees Celsius yesterday.

Kokernag town, also in south, recorded a low of minus 7.0 degrees Celsius, while Kupwara, in north, registered the minimum of minus 6.3 degrees Celsius, the official said. -- PTI

Image: The Dal Lake freezes over as temperatures dropped to below zero.

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