SRINAGAR: Cold wave conditions remained unabated as the night temperature across Kashmir division of Jammu and Kashmir continued to stay below the freezing point with weatherman forecasting the dry spell to continue this week as well.
Leh in frontier Ladakh region, 434 kms from here, continued to be the coldest recorded place in the state with minus 13.0 degrees Celsius – marking an improvement of over one degree compared to previous night’s minus 14.4, a spokesperson of MeT here said.
Neighbouring Kargil town was the second coldest recorded place with a low of minus 12.0 degrees Celsius, two notches up from yesterday’s minus 14.0 degrees Celsius.
The minimum temperature in the summer capital Srinagar witnessed a drop of one degree to settle at minus 4. 2 degrees Celsius.
The day temperature in the city has hovered around 12.0 degrees Celsius – almost six degrees above normal during this part of the season – over the past week but was expected to drop today as the sun remained behind a cloud cover.
He said Pahalgam hill resort in south Kashmir, which serves as the base camp for annual Amarnath Yatra, recorded a low of minus 2.7 degrees Celsius against minus 5.7 degrees Celsius the previous night.(agencies)
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