The Night temperatures dropped across the Kashmir valley as mercury dipped down to minus 7.8°C in Srinagar, which according to MET officials is the coldest January night in January in the past eight years.
A meteorological department official said that previously the mercury had plummeted in Srinagar to minus 7.8°C on 14 January 2012.
The Minimum temperature recorded in Pahalgam was minus 11.3°C against minus 5.3°C on the previous night. Qazigund recorded a low of minus 9.3°C. Kokernag recorded a low of minus 9.9°C.
Against minus 1.8°C on the previous night in Kupwara, the mercury settled at minus 5.6°C in the north Kashmir district, the official said.
Gulmarg, the world-famous skiing resort, recorded a low of minus 10.0°C against minus 11.2°C on the earlier night, the official said.
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