The cold wave has intensified in the valley with Leh town in the Ladakh region being the coldest place in the state as the mercury there fell to -14°C. An official of the Meteorological Department here said the minimum temperature in Leh registered a drop of two degrees on Monday as compared to the previous night.
He said the nearby Kargil town recorded a low of -11.4°C, slightly up from -12.1°C a night earlier.
Gulmarg registered a slump of nearly eight degrees in the night temperature as the minimum settled at -8.8°C compared to the previous night’s -1.0°C. The mercury in Pahalgam dropped more than three degrees to settle at – 7.5°C, the official said. Srinagar, the summer capital of the state, recorded a low of -0.3°C while Qazigund and Kokernag recorded -0.8°C and -1.3°C, respectively. The night temperature in Kupwara town dropped nearly two degrees to settle at -2.5°C.
The Methas forecast mainly dry weather over the next 24 hours. — PTI
Icy chill benumbs Kashmir valley
