Cold wave continues unabated across Kashmir, Srinagar records season’s coldest night

Srinagar, Nov 22: Freezing weather conditions continued unabated in Kashmir valley as Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, experienced the coldest night of the season with temperature dropping as low as minus 1.6°C on Monday, the local meteorological office said. Quoting a meteorological department official, news agency GNS reported that minimum temperature in Srinagar was minus 1.7°C below normal for this time of the year and surpassed previous low of minus 1.5 recorded a couple of days ago.

Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 2.0°C against minus 2.2°C on the previous night, he said. It was minus 2.0°C below normal for the place, the official said.