Snowfall in Gulmarg; night temperatures rise across Valley

Gulmarg, the famous ski-resort in north Kashmir, received fresh snowfall today even as minimum temperatures at most places in the Valley and in Ladakh region appreciated by several degrees, providing relief from the intense cold to the residents.
"There was light snowfall of 1.25 inch in Gulmarg during the night," a MeT Department official said.
The official said the night temperatures increased at most places in the Valley with the mercury in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, settling near the freezing point.
Srinagar registered an increase of over four degrees from the previous night's low of minus 4.4 degrees Celsius to settle at minus 0.3 degree Celsius.

Qazigund, the gateway town to Kashmir Valley in south, recorded a low of minus 3.4 degrees Celsius compared to minus 3.8 degrees Celsius the previous night.
The mercury in Pahalgam resort in south Kashmir, which serves as a base-camp for the annual Amarnath Yatra, registered an increase of over three degrees from minus 6.4 degrees Celsius the previous night to settle at minus 3.0 degrees Celsius, the official said.
The official said the minimum temperature in the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg settled at minus 5.8 degrees Celsius, against the previous night's minus 5.6 degrees Celsius.
The night temperatures in Kupwara, in north Kashmir, increased by almost three degrees to settle at a low of minus 1.5 degrees Celsius, while Kokernag, in south, recorded a minimum of minus 3.3 degrees Celsius.