Severe freezing weather conditions showed no signs of relenting as night temperature recorded a further drop in Kashmir as well as Ladakh on Wednesday with Pahalgam recording minus 5.6°C.
A meteorological department official here told mercury dropped in Pahalgam from last night’s 3.8°C by nearly 2°C and it was 2.4°C below normal for the famous tourist resort in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
Srinagar, he said, recorded a minimum of minus 3.0°C against minus 2.2°C on the previous night. So far the coldest night at minus 3.4°C this season in the summer capital was recorded on December 5.
