Srinagar records another chilly night, Kashmir and Ladakh reel under intense cold
Srinagar: Srinagar experienced yet another chilly night of the season with temperatures dipping to minus 3.8 degree Celsius as the Kashmir valley and Ladakh reeled under intense cold conditions on Friday.
A Meteorological Department forecast suggests moderate to heavy snowfall at most places in Kashmir valley and Ladakh from December 23 to 25. “We are in for a while X-Mas in both Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh”, the MeT office said.
The mercury in the summer capital Srinagar was down by 1.7 degree Celsius and which was below 2.3 degree Celsius than normal, lowest so far during this year.
The temperature at Srinagar was recorded as minus 3.8 degree Celsius against the minus 2.1 degree Celsius the previous day. Union Territory of Ladakh continues to be in a grip of severe cold despite showing slight improvement in night temperature. The UT experienced the seasons lowest temperature on Thursday with Drass, the worlds second coldest place after Siberia recording a minimum temperature of minus 19.2 degree Celsius as against minus 18.1 degree Celsius on Friday. Kargil recorded temperatures of minus 11.6 degree Celsius against minus 12.5 against on Thursday and the mercury at Leh recorded at minus 12.1 degree Celsius against 15.0 against the previous day.
The ski resort of Gulmarg which experienced the coldest night of season on Thursday following a dip in the minimum temperature at 10.0 degree Celsius on Thursday recorded minus 8.6 degree on Friday.
Pahalgam in south Kashmir recorded minus 5.6 degree Celsius against the minus 6.9 degree Celsius on Thursday. Qazigund too dipped a few notches and recorded temperatures of minus 3.2 degree Celsius on Friday against minus 3.0 degree Celsius a day ago and Kokernag plunged to minus 3.5 degree Celsius against the minus 3.0 degree Celsius recorded on Thursday. The frontier Kashmir district of Kupwara recorded temperature at minus 4.4 degree Celsius against the minus 4.5 degree Celsius the previous day, the MeT office said.
