At minus 8.8, Srinagar records coldest night after 30 years

Srinagar recorded the coldest night after 30 years, as the temperature plummeted to minus 8.8 degrees Celsius on Sunday.

Officials of the meteorological department said the minimum temperature dropped to minus 8.8 in Srinagar.“After 30 years, Srinagar recorded the coldest night. The last time such severe cold hit the city in the year 1991 when the mercury dipped to minus 11.8 degrees Celsius while the lowest ever temperature was recorded on January 31, 1893, when the mercury had plummeted to minus 14.4 degrees Celsius,” said the Met official.

However MeT department official told Arising State that there is going to be a perceptible improvement in the night temperatures in J&K.

According to MeT department, Kokernag was the coldest place in the Valley where the minimum temperature was minus 13.1 degrees.

The famous health resort  Pahalgam which also serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra recorded a low of minus 12.0 degrees Celsius.

Gulmarg a famous ski-resort recorded a low of minus 8.0 degrees while the mercury in Qazigund in south Kashmir settled at a low of minus 10.2 degrees Celsius.

Kupwara registered minus 4.7 degrees Celsius last night.