Srinagar: Leh experienced its coldest night this winter as the minimum temperature there settled nearly 14 degrees Celsius below the freezing point, even as the mercury continued its downward spiral in Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir.
Leh town, in the frontier Ladakh region, recorded a minimum night temperature of 13.8 degrees Celsius, against minus 11.4 degrees Celsius of the previous night, MeT officials here said.
It was the season's lowest night temperature in the town, which was the coldest recorded place in the state last night, they said.
The official said the night temperature at the nearby Kargil town settled at a low of minus 11.2 degrees Celsius, a drop of two degrees from the previous night.
Srinagar city, the summer capital of J-K, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 3.5 degrees Celsius, down from minus 2.8 degrees Celsius the previous night.
The mercury in Qazigund in south Kashmir settled at a low of minus 3.0 degrees Celsius, down down from minus 2.4 degrees Celsius the previous night.
Kokernag town recorded a low of minus 0.4 degrees Celsius, the weather department official said. Kupwara town in north Kashmir registered a low of minus 4.1 degrees Celsius last night, down from the
previous night's minus 3.5 degrees Celsius, the
official said.