Cold conditions intensified in Jammu and Kashmir today as mercury dipped in many areas of the state due to clear sky overnight.
Kargil and Leh districts in Ladakh region recorded a minimum temperature of minus 17.4 degrees Celsius and minus 16 deg C.
Famous hill resorts of Gulmarg in north Kashmir and Pahalgam in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 12.4 deg C and minus 7.6 deg C.
Srinagar had minus 2.2 deg C, two degrees below normal. The city had recorded minus one deg C yesterday.
Night temperature also fell in other places in the valley with Kupwara in north Kashmir recording a low of minus 4.9 deg C followed by Kokernag at minus 2.4 deg C. Qazigund recorded a minimum of minus 1.8 deg C.
Mercury also fell in Jammu region with the city recording a low of 5.8 deg C, five degrees below normal.
