Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, and most other places in Kashmir recorded a rise in minimum temperature amid cloud cover on Thursday.
Two days after experiencing the coldest night of the season with the temperature plummeting as low as minus 2.3°C, Srinagar witnessed 0.4°C against the previous night’s 0.3°C, a meteorological department here said.
Qazigund recorded a minimum temperature of 0.0°C against minus 0.6°C on the previous night, he said. It was minus 0.1°C below normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, the official said.
Pahalgam, the famous resort in south Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 0.2°C against minus 2.0°C on the previous night and it was the second coldest place across J&K.
Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, recorded a low of 1.2°C against minus 0.1°C on the previous night and a normal of 0.6°C, the official said.
Kupwara town in north Kashmir recorded a low of 0.1°C against minus 0.3°C on the previous night, the official said.
Gulmarg, the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir, recorded a minimum of minus1.2°C against 0.0°C on the previous night, the official said.
Ladakh’s Leh recorded a low of minus 4.0°C against last night’s minus 7.1°C while Kargil town recorded a low of minus 1.6°C. Drass in Kargil, the second coldest place in the world after Siberia, recorded a low of minus 6.4°C, the official said. (GNS)