Srinagar, Jan 14: Several water bodies in Kashmir including parts of Dal Lake froze on Wednesday as sub-zero minimum temperatures across the Valley dropped further.
Srinagar recorded a low of minus 5.2 degrees Celsius on Tuesday night, down from the minus 4.9 degrees Celsius recorded the previous night, weather department officials said. Shopian in south Kashmir was the coldest place in the Valley, where the mercury settled at minus 7.5 degrees Celsius.
Parts of several water-bodies, including the interiors of Dal Lake, froze due to severe cold.
Pahalgam recorded a low of minus 6 degrees Celsius, while the night temperature in Gulmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district settled at a low of minus 3.8 degrees Celsius, and in central Kashmir’s Sonamarg it was minus 2.2 degrees Celsius.
The minimum temperature in Qazigund, the gateway town to the valley, settled at minus 5.3 degrees Celsius. Kokernag recorded a low of minus 2.3 degrees Celsius, and Kupwara minus 6.2 degrees Celsius.
The India Meteorological Department has said a western disturbance is approaching Kashmir and is likely to affect the Valley’s weather from January 16.