Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir recorded a low of 0.4°celsius last night, down from 1.2°celsius the previous night, a Met official here said.
He said the mercury in Qazigund — the gateway town to Kashmir valley — settled at minus 1.6°celsius, as against the previous night's minus 1.1°celsius.
The official said the town received 9.0 mm of rainfall. The mercury in the tourist resort of Pahalgam, in south Kashmir, decreased by over four degrees to register a low of minus 10.2°celsius compared to minus 5.7°celsius previous night, the official said.
The resort received 9.8 mm of rainfall during the night, he said.
He said the minimum temperature in the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg increased by degrees to settle at a low of minus 9.4°celsius as against the previous night's minus 10.4°celsius.
The mercury in Kokernag, in south Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 4.3°celsius last night, as against the previous night's minimum of minus 5.7°celsius.
The town received 11.4 mm of rainfall, the official said. He said the mercury in north Kashmir's Kupwara, which recorded a low of minus 0.4°celsius the previous night, decreased by almost two notches to settle at minus 2.3°celsius last night.
Leh, in Ladakh region, recorded a low of minus 9.2°celsius as against minus 9°celsius the previous night.
Kargil was the coldest recorded place in the state as the mercury went down by over two degrees to settle at a low of minus 17.8°celsius compared to the previous night's minus 15.4°celsius, the official said.
The MeT has said the weather would remain mainly dry over the state over the next 24 hours.
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