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| Chill continues | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 10: Overnight snowfall in high altitude areas and rains in plains further cooled Jammu and Kashmir as night temperature dipped in most parts of the state.
Kargil and Leh in frontier region of Ladakh remained under the grip of severe cold as the night temperature there dipped to minus 17.6 and minus six, respectively, MET office said on Tuesday.
Kokernag in south Kashmir was the coldest place in the Valley with a low of minus 1.2 degrees Celsius, while Pahalgam in south and Kupwara in north Kashmir recorded minus 0.2 and minus 0.3 degrees Celsius, following snowfall coupled with rains there.
However, night temperature improved in Srinagar, summer capital of the state, as the city recorded a low of 1.0 degrees Celsius. The city recorded a rainfall of 7.2 MM till 0830 hours on Tuesday.
Qazigund on Srinagar-Jammu national highway recorded a low of 1.4 degrees Celsius.
The night temperature in Jammu, winter capital of the state, improved as the city recorded a low of 13.1 C. Katra, the base camp for Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, also observed a warmer night with a low of 12.1. Batote, Bhaderwah and Banihal also recorded a low of 6.6, 5.2 and 4.2 degrees Celsius. |
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