SRINAGAR: The minimum temperatures throughout the valley remained several notches below the freezing point.
The Metrological department Kashmir has light to moderate snowfall on December 21 and 22 at Isolated places of Kashmir.
Parts of the famous Dal Lake in Srinagar city have frozen which makes rowing of boats very difficult in such parts of the lake.
Pahalgam in south Kashmir was the coldest place in the Valley where minimum temperature was minus 7.7 degrees.
Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K recorded minus 6.2 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature today showing marginal improvement over yesterday’s minus 6.6.
The night temperature in Gulmarg – the famous tourist resort settled at a low of minus 7.5 degrees while the mercury in Qazigund in south Kashmir settled at a low of minus 5.7 degrees Celsius.
Kokernag town recorded a low of minus 5.3 degrees Celsius while Kupwara town in north Kashmir registered a low of minus 5.6 degrees Celsius last night.
Jammu city recorded 4.2, Katra 5.8, Batote 2.3, Banihal 0.6 and Bhaderwah minus 2.6 as the minimum temperatures.
