Srinagar/Jan,15: As cold waves intensifies is in Kashmir the nigh temperature also continue to drop below the freezing points across valley.
An official of the meteorological department said ‘In Srinagar the minimum temperature was minus 5.8 degrees Celsius on Monday while in Pahalgam and Gulmargm it was minus 12.3 and minus 10.0, respectively.Leh town recorded minus 17.5 degrees Celsius while Kargil had minus 19.2 as the night’s lowest temperature.At minus 26.6 degrees Celsius, Drass was the coldest in Jammu and Kashmir”, adding that ‘Jammu city recorded 3.5 degrees Celsius, Katra 5.3, Batote 1.5, Bannihal 3.2 and Bhaderwah minus 1.8 as the minimum temperatures’.