Jammu Records Season’s Coldest Night, Srinagar Registers Low Of Minus 3.7 Degrees Celsius

Jammu’s minimum temperature was 4.1 degrees below normal for this time of the year and the city witnessed moderate fog in the morning as the sun remained behind cloud cover for the second consecutive day.
The winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir woke up to a chilly Wednesday as the night temperature plummeted by over two notches, settling at season’s low of 4.8 degrees Celsius, the meteorological department said. Jammu’s minimum temperature was 4.1 degrees below normal for this time of the year and the city witnessed moderate fog in the morning as the sun remained behind cloud cover for the second consecutive day.

The mercury is on downward spiral across Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh over the past couple of days following heavy snowfall in the high altitude areas and Kashmir last week. Srinagar is reeling under a low of minus 3.7 degrees Celsius — 2.2 degrees below the season’s average. The famous ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir was the coldest recorded place in the Valley with a low of minus 11.5 degrees Celsius, an official said.