Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 15: The Meteorological department has forecast cold, dry weather with foggy conditions for Kashmir during the next 24 hours.
A MeT official said that night temperatures throughout the Kashmir valley remained below freezing point and the minimum temperatures dropped several notches below zero in the Ladakh region.
The night temperatures were minus 0.4 in Srinagar, minus 4.3 in Pahalgam and minus 3.6 in Gulmarg. Leh recorded the lowest night temperature in the State at minus 11.9 degree Celsius followed by Kargil at minus 9.4.
Jammu city recorded 7.4 while Katra recorded 9.0, Batote 6.2, Banihal 7.5 and Bhaderwah 2.1 as their night temperatures.
Srinagar recorded a maximum temperature of 11.9 degree Celsius. Pahalgam recorded 10.5 degree Celsius and Gulmarg 6.6 degree Celsius. Kupwara recorded 13.9 degree Celsius.
Jammu recorded a maximum temperature of 18.2 degree Celsius and Katra 17.3 degree Celsius.