Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Dec 6: Majority of the places including Srinagar today recorded the season’s coldest night.
The Meteorological Department in Srinagar said Srinagar recorded the season’s coldest night today, with temperatures plummeting to -2.0°C against -1.4°C recorded the previous night, and it was 1.1°C below normal for the city during this period of the season.
Pahalgam remained the coldest place in Kashmir. It had a low of -5.1°C today against the -4.3°C recorded the previous night, and it was 1.8°C below normal for the tourist spot.
There was an improvement by a notch in the minimum temperature at the ski resort of Gulmarg, recorded at -2.2°C today against the -2.3°C recorded the previous night, and it was still 1.1°C above normal for the ski resort.
Qazigund recorded a low of 2.0°C against -1.6°C, and Kokernag had a low of -0.5°C against 0.2°C recorded the previous night.
The mercury dipped in Kupwara and settled at -2.7°C against the -1.7°C recorded the previous night, and it was -1.3°C below normal for Kashmir.
MeT forecast of dry weather to continue till December 10 and generally cloudy on December 11 in Jammu and Kashmir. The night temperature is likely to see further fall during this week, the MeT department said.
“Overall, no major weather activity is expected till December 14 and the weather would remain mostly dry and cloudy during the period,” MeT said.
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