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Minimum temperatures remain below freezing point in Kashmir, Kargil town coldest at minus 7.6 degrees

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Srinagar: The minimum temperatures in the Kashmir valley remained below freezing point following a continuous cold wave in the Ladakh region, the Meteorological Department said, as per an IANS report.

“Same weather conditions are likely to continue for another five to six days,” a MeT Department official said, quoted in the report.

Srinagar city recorded minus 0.9 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam minus 0.6 and Gulmarg minus 1.2 as the night’s lowest temperatures.

Kargil town was the coldest in the state at minus 7.6 degrees Celsius followed by Leh at minus 6.5.

Jammu city and Katra town recorded 9.4 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperatures while Batote, Bannihal and Bhaderwah recorded 4.8, 3.0 and 2.4, respectively.

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