Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Dec 19: Kashmir valley is in the grip of intense cold wave conditions due to dry weather that prevailed over the region with Kargil recording lowest night temperature of the season at minus 15.4 degrees Celsius.
The Meteorological Department has forecast light rain and snow at isolated places for next three days.
Kargil also experienced the coldest night of this winter last night as the minimum temperature dipped over one degree from minus 14.5 degrees Celsius to minus 15.4 degrees Celsius. The day temperature of the place dropped to minus 3.2 degrees Celsius from yesterday’s 2.5 degrees Celsius.
The mercury at nearby Leh settled at the low of minus 13.2 degrees Celsius last night, two degrees down from the previous night’s minus 11.1 degrees Celsius.. The day temperature of the place settled at minus 3.9 degrees Celsius.
Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.6 degrees Celsius down from the previous night’s minus 1.8 degrees Celsius. The day temperature of the summer capital was 8.7 degrees Celsius.
The mercury in Qazigund in South Kashmir settled at a low of minus 3.2 degrees Celsius, a degree down, while Kokernag town recorded a low of minus 2.4 degrees Celsius. The day temperature of these two places settled at 10.6 degrees Celsius and 9.8 degrees Celsius respectively.
Kupwara in North Kashmir registered a low of minus 3.5 degrees Celsius while the day temperature of the place was 8.0 degrees Celsius.
Gulmarg in North Kashmir recorded a low of minus 4.6 degrees Celsius last night while the day temperature was 1.4 degrees Celsius.
The mercury at Pahalgam settled at minus 7 degrees Celsius while day temperature was 7.3 degrees Celsius.
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