Kashmiris walk when it rains on a cold and foggy day in Srinagar.
With the cold wave conditions continuing in Kashmir as most places witnessed the coldest night of the season so far, officials said on Sunday, with the Meteorological Department forecasting a further drop in the mercury in the next few days.
He said that the temperature on Sunday night was several degrees below the freezing point.
Snowfall, rain in hilly states have affected life in northern states as well. Churu in Rajasthan recorded a minimum temperature of minus 2.6 degrees Celsius on Saturday night.
Like the previous night, Srinagar recorded a low of minus 6 degrees Celsius on Sunday night, which is the lowest minimum temperature in the city so far this season.
The minimum temperature for this part of the season was 4.5 degrees below normal. Gulmarg resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district recorded a minimum temperature of minus 7.5 degrees Celsius.
Officials said Pahalgam, which serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath Yatra, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 8.7 degrees Celsius.
The resort was the coldest recorded place in the valley. North Kashmir’s Kupwara recorded a low of minus 6.1 degrees Celsius.
Qazigund, the gateway town of the valley, recorded a low of minus 6.5 degrees Celsius, while Kokernag recorded a low of minus 6 degrees Celsius.
Officials said that due to the cold wave conditions, water supply lines in many areas of the valley as well as the banks of several water bodies were frozen.
The Meteorological Department has forecast cold nights for the next few days as the minimum temperature is likely to drop further.
There is also a possibility of light to moderate snowfall from December 22-25, officials said.
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