Coldest night in Valley

The Kashmir valley witnessed coldest night of the season last night as minimum temperature in summer capital dipped over three degrees below the freezing point and Meteorological Department suggested that mercury will dip further this week

A meteorological Department told Excelsior that the night temperature in Srinagar was recorded at minus 3.2 degrees Celsius. He said the other parts of the Kashmir valley including Leh and Kargil also reeled under the intense cold wave leading to shivering of the common masses.

The Leh town in Ladakh division was the coldest one as the mercury plummeted to minus 14.2 degrees. Leh was followed by Gulmarg where the night temperature was recorded as minus 10.2 degrees. In Kargil town, the minimum temperature was minus 9.6 degrees. The world renowned health resort of Pahalgam recorded the minimum temperature of minus 10 degrees Celsius.

"It is expected that the night temperature would go down further in the Kashmir valley. The sky is expected to be clear over the next four or five days and this would lead to further dip in the minimum temperature over the next few days," said the Met official.