Minimum temperature settles below freezing point in Kashmir Valley
Srinagar Nov 22 PTI Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season so far at minus 16 degrees Celsius as cold conditions continued in Kashmir on Monday and the minimum temperature settled below the freezing point across the valley officials saidThe valley has been experiencing sub-zero nights for the past few days as the mercury has gone two to three degrees below normal for this part of the season at most of the places MET officials saidSrinagar recorded a low of minus 16 degrees Celsius on Sunday night down from minus 13 degrees Celsius the previous night they saidThe officials said Pahalgam which serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath yatra recorded a low of minus 37 degrees Celsius Pahalgam was the coldest recorded place in KashmirGulmarg resort in north Kashmirs Baramulla district recorded a minimum temperature of minus 08 degrees CelsiusThe mercury in Kupwara in north Kashmir settled at a low of minus 29 degrees CelsiusQazigund the gateway town to the valley recorded minus 2 degrees Celsius while as Kokernag also in south registered a low of minus 1 degrees Celsius The MET Office has said the weather will most likely remain dry but cold till the end of this monthHowever there is possibility of light snowfall over some parts of north Kashmir on November 25 it saidThe wintry conditions in Kashmir have set-in much ahead of the beginning of extreme harsh weather conditions which usually start around the third week of December Chillai Kalan the 40-day period of harsh winter in Kashmir begins on December 21 every year PTI SSB DV DV
Srinagar Nov 22 PTI Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season so far at minus 16 degrees Celsius as cold conditions continued in Kashmir on Monday and the minimum temperature settled below the freezing point across the valley officials saidThe valley has been experiencing sub-zero nights for the past few days as the mercury has gone two to three degrees below normal for this part of the season at most of the places MET officials saidSrinagar recorded a low of minus 16 degrees Celsius on Sunday night down from minus 13 degrees Celsius the previous night they saidThe officials said Pahalgam which serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath yatra recorded a low of minus 37 degrees Celsius Pahalgam was the coldest recorded place in KashmirGulmarg resort in north Kashmirs Baramulla district recorded a minimum temperature of minus 08 degrees CelsiusThe mercury in Kupwara in north Kashmir settled at a low of minus 29 degrees CelsiusQazigund the gateway town to the valley recorded minus 2 degrees Celsius while as Kokernag also in south registered a low of minus 1 degrees Celsius The MET Office has said the weather will most likely remain dry but cold till the end of this monthHowever there is possibility of light snowfall over some parts of north Kashmir on November 25 it saidThe wintry conditions in Kashmir have set-in much ahead of the beginning of extreme harsh weather conditions which usually start around the third week of December Chillai Kalan the 40-day period of harsh winter in Kashmir begins on December 21 every year PTI SSB DV DV
