The night temperature dropped across Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region, at some places by several degrees, with many weather monitoring stations marking the season’s lowest temperature, a Met department official said in Srinagar. The official said it was the season’s coldest night in Srinagar. Kargil, in Ladakh region, was the coldest recorded place in the state as the mercury settled at a low of minus 18.8C. Other towns in the valley which experienced the coldest night of the season were Qazigund (minus 4.6C), Kokernag (minus 4.4) and Kupwara (minus 4.6C). Chandigarh experienced a night temperature of 5.8C.

Source: Hindustan Times January 07, 2018 16:18 UTC