Srinagar: The cold wave intensified in Kashmir as minimum temperatures across Kashmir plunged below the freezing point with the tourist resorts of Gulmarg and Pahalgam reeling under extreme cold, officials said here on Friday.
Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.6 degrees Celsius – down from minus 1.3 degrees Celsius the previous night, they said.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 10.4 degrees Celsius – slightly down from minus 10.0 degrees Celsius the previous night while as Pahalgamrecorded a low of minus 11.8 degrees Celsius – down from the previous night’s minus 10.9 degrees Celsius, they said.
The officials said Qazigund recorded the minimum of minus 4.0 degrees Celsius, while the nearby south Kashmir town of Kokernag recorded a low of minus 4.9 degrees Celsius.
The mercury in Kupwara in north Kashmir settled at a low of minus 4.6 degrees Celsius.
Clear skies overnight resulted in a rare day of bright sunshine at the peak of winter in the valley.
