As winter approaches, several places in Kashmir Valley on Saturday recorded sub-zero temperature and Srinagar witnessed its coldest night of the season so far at 0.1 degrees Celsius.
Ladakh's Drass town remained frozen as the temperature dipped to minus 12.7 degrees, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.
The minimum temperature in Srinagar was 0.7 degrees on Friday and it dropped down to 0.1 degree on Saturday, the IMD official said.
The mercury levels also dropped in other parts of the valley as Pahalgam recorded a minimum temperature of minus 3.5 degree Celsius while Gulmarg recorded minus 0.2 degrees Celsius.
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Besides Drass being the coldest in Ladakh, Leh recorded minus 9.6 degrees and Kargil minus 6.4 degrees as their minimum temperatures..
According to the official, "Jammu city recorded 12.2 degrees Celsius, Katra 11.2 degrees, Batote 6.0 degrees, Banihal 2.0 degrees and Bhaderwah 2.9 degrees as the lowest today".
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He also said the weather is likely to remain dry till November 19 and during this period, the night temperatures are expected to fall further.
