Srinagar witnessed its coldest day with mercury dropping to minus 2.9 degrees Celsius.
Srinagar: Srinagar witnessed its coldest day on Tuesday with mercury dropping to a season-low of minus 2.9 degrees Celsius while Leh shivered at minus 12.2 degrees.
Kargil town near the Pakistan border recorded minus seven degrees, the director of the Met department Sonam Lotus said. Lotus said snowfall was expected in the higher reaches of the Kashmir Valley on December 8.
In Gulmarg, the minimum temperature was minus five degrees and in Pahalgam minus 4.6 degrees Celsius. Although taps did not freeze anywhere in Srinagar due to sub-zero temperatures, a thin layer of frozen water was seen at many places over stagnant water pools.
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