Night temperature drops in Kashmir

A significant drop in night temperature was recorded in many places of Kashmir, while the summer capital Srinagar saw the minimum temperature hovering around freezing point, a MeT department official said Wednesday.

The minimum temperature settled at minus 0.3 degrees Celsius in Srinagar Tuesday night, he said.

Qazigund the gateway town to the Valley in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 2.0 degree Celsius, a dip of nearly three degrees over the previous night.

The nearby Kokernag town registered a low of minus 5.3 degrees Celsius Tuesday night as the mercury plunged five degrees, the MeT said.

Mercury settled at a low of minus 0.7 degree Celsius in Kupwara town in north Kashmir.

Gulmarg ski-resort in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 10.6 degrees Celsius Tuesday night, a plunge of
Chillai-Kalan ends on January 31, but cold wave continues even after that in Kashmir. The 40-day period is followed by 20 day-long 'Chillai-Khurd' (small cold) and