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Leh remains coldest at minus 23 deg C, cold wave intensifies
1/3/2011 11:56:13 PM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Jan 3:
The intense cold wave condition in Kashmir division, including Ladakh region, aggravated further today with Leh recording a minimum temperature of minus 23 degrees Celsius for the second consecutive night, officials said here.
The temperature in Leh town in Ladakh region was recorded at minus 23 degrees Celsius, a day after the city experienced the coldest night of the season at minus 23.6 degrees Celsius, a MeT department official said.
Kargil town also witnessed extremely cold night with a minimum temperature of minus 18.2 degrees Celsius. The cold wave has also intensified in Gulmarg skiing resort in north
Kashmir and Pahalgam health resort in south Kashmir. Pahalgam recorded a minimum temperature of minus 12.4 degrees Celsius, while in Gulmarg the mercury dipped to minus 11.7 degrees Celsius. Qazigund, the gateway town to Kashmir valley near the Jawahar tunnel, was freezing at a low of minus 10.4 degrees Celsius, while Kokernag
town in Anantnag district witnessed a night temperature of minus 9.1 degrees Celsius.
In Srinagar city, the minimum temperature fell by nearly three degrees to settle at a low of minus 5.2 degrees Celsius. The city yesterday recorded a temperature of minus 2.4 degrees Celsius. The cold wave in Kashmir as well as Ladakh region is likely to
intensify further as the MeT department has not forecasted rain for
the next couple of days.
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