SRINAGAR: Winter intensified its grip over Kashmir Valley while Leh and Kargil, in the frontier Ladakh region, recorded the lowest temperatures of the season so far with the mercury plunging more than 14 degrees below the freezing.
The minimum temperature in Leh fell to bone-chilling minus 14.6 degrees Celsius, over a degree further down from the previous night’s minus 13.0 degrees Celsius. Leh was the coldest place recorded in the state.
Srinagar registered a minimum temperature of minus 4.2 degrees Celsius as against the previous night’s minus 4.0 degrees Celsius, the spokesman said.
Pahalgam in south Kashmir was the coldest recorded place in the valley with a low of minus 6.6 degrees Celsius, as against 6.8 degrees the previous night.
Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded a minimum of minus 2.2 degrees Celsius, compared to the previous night’s minus 3.0 degrees Celsius.
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