Cold wave continues in Kashmir Valley

Leh town in the cold desert of Ladakh continued to be the coldest place in the state with the night temperature registering a low of -18.4 degrees Celsius, a spokesman of Met department said.

In Kargil, also in the frontier region of Ladakh, the minimum night temperature was -14.4 degree Celsius.

The night temperature in summer capital Srinagar, which recorded the coldest night of this winter yesterday at a low of -5.8 degree Celsius, settled a notch above at -4.8 degree Celsius.

The minimum night temperature in the highway town of Qazigund in south Kashmir was -8.2 degree Celsius as against yesterday's -8 degree Celsius.

The night temperature in Kokernag settled at a low of -8.3 degree Celsius, up by almost 2 degrees compared to yesterday's 10.2 degree Celsius, he said.

In north Kashmir's Kupwara town, where the previous night's minimum was -4.8 degree Celsius, the minimum temperature settled at a low of -5.3 degree Celsius during the night.

The minimum night temperature in Pahalgam hill resort in south Kashmir was slightly up at -11.4 degree Celsius from the previous night's minus -12.4 degree Celsius, he said, adding, the ski-resort of Gulmarg shivered at a low of -8 degree Celsius.

The Met office has said the weather will remain dry till the end of this month, with no major respite in cold wave conditions, indicating a drop in the night as well as day temperatures.