Valley reels under freezing temperatures
December 24, 2016  11:38
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Leh was the warmest recorded place in Jammu and Kashmir with mercury rising at many places on Friday night but the valley continued to reel under freezing temperatures. 

The minimum temperature in Leh rose by more than six degrees to settle at a low of minus 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to previous night's minus 8.2 degrees Celsius, an official of the MET department said. 

He said Kokernag in south Kashmir and Kupwara in north were the coldest recorded places on Friday night at minus 4.8 degrees Celsius.

Srinagar city, the summer capital of the state, witnessed a low of minus 4.4 degrees Celsius, he said, adding other weather stations recorded minimum temperature between minus 4.6 degrees Celsius to minus 4.1 degrees Celsius.

The MeT official said there is possibility of light rain or snowfall at isolated places over higher reaches of Kashmir Valley over the next 24 hours.
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