SRINAGAR: The minimum temperatures in Kashmir Valley dropped by around a degree, while the mercury plunged by five notches in Ladakh region as the cold wave tightened its grip.
“A fresh western disturbance is likely to affect Jammu and Kashmir from January 20 onwards,” a spokesman of the MeT department said adding that the weather in the state would likely remain dry till the time.
Srinagar registered a dip of a degree in the night temperature which settled at minus 3.3 degrees Celsius compared to minus 2.3 degrees Celsius the previous night, the spokesman said.
Qazigund recorded a low of minus 4.4 degrees Celsius, as against the previous night’s minus 3.8 degrees Celsius.
The mercury in Pahalgam recorded a minimum of minus 6.2, down from the previous night’s low of minus 5.6 degrees Celsius, he said.
The famous ski-resort of Gulmarg was the coldest recorded place in the Valley with a minimum of minus 7.4 degrees Celsius – down by over one degree from the previous night’s minus 6.2 degrees Celsius, the spokesman said.
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