The night temperature in the summer capital Srinagar plummeted from yesterday's low of minus 2.6 degrees Celsius to settle at a minimum of minus 4.0 degrees Celsius, a MET Department spokesman said.
Kargil town in the cold desert of Ladakh was the coldest recorded place in the state with a low of minus 18.6 degrees Celsius as compared to yesterday's minus 18.2 degrees Celsius, he said.
He added the nearby Leh town also witnessed a slight downfall in the minimum temperature which settled at minus 17.0 degrees Celsius, from the previous night
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