SRINAGAR: Mercury dipped across Kashmir on Wednesday bringing back the chill in the Valley after three days of respite from the extreme weather.
In the Valley, the minimum temperature dropped for the first time in three days. Residents have been experiencing a rare respite from the cold wave which began in early December last year.
Mercury in Srinagar settled at minus 1.4 degrees Celsius, a drop of 0.2 degrees from yesterday, the official said.
He said the minimum temperature in the famous skiing resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir plunged to minus 12.4 degrees Celsius, a drop of 3.7 degrees from yesterday.
In the south Kashmir tourist resort of Pahalgam, the minimum temperature was recorded at minus 12.2 degrees Celsius.
The south Kashmir gateway town of Qazigund recorded a low of minus 4.2 degrees Celsius, while north Kashmir's frontier town of Kupwara recorded a minimum of minus 2.4 degrees Celsius.
The snowfall earlier this week came as a big relief for the people, bringing an end to the intense cold wave during which the mercury plunged to minus 7.8 degrees Celsius in Srinagar city.
Leh town in remote Ladakh region recorded a minimum of minus 19.9 degrees Celsius, a drop of 11.3 degrees from yesterday, a MeT official said.
He said the minimum temperature in the nearby Kargil district, also in Ladakh region, slipped to a low of minus 19.0 degrees Celsius.
In the Valley, the minimum temperature dropped for the first time in three days. Residents have been experiencing a rare respite from the cold wave which began in early December last year.
Mercury in Srinagar settled at minus 1.4 degrees Celsius, a drop of 0.2 degrees from yesterday, the official said.
He said the minimum temperature in the famous skiing resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir plunged to minus 12.4 degrees Celsius, a drop of 3.7 degrees from yesterday.
In the south Kashmir tourist resort of Pahalgam, the minimum temperature was recorded at minus 12.2 degrees Celsius.
The south Kashmir gateway town of Qazigund recorded a low of minus 4.2 degrees Celsius, while north Kashmir's frontier town of Kupwara recorded a minimum of minus 2.4 degrees Celsius.
The snowfall earlier this week came as a big relief for the people, bringing an end to the intense cold wave during which the mercury plunged to minus 7.8 degrees Celsius in Srinagar city.
Leh town in remote Ladakh region recorded a minimum of minus 19.9 degrees Celsius, a drop of 11.3 degrees from yesterday, a MeT official said.
He said the minimum temperature in the nearby Kargil district, also in Ladakh region, slipped to a low of minus 19.0 degrees Celsius.
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