Kashmir reels under arctic conditions; many places record season's coldest night

Jammu | Saturday | 15th December, 2018

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The officials said Kokernag, Qazigund, Kupwara, Gulmarg, Leh and Drass also experienced the season's coldest night Friday. Drass, in Kargil district, had a low of minus 19.7 degrees Celsius and was the coldest place in Jammu and Kashmir. Srinagar the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir - recorded a low of minus 4.2 degrees Celsius. Most places in the Kashmir division experienced the season's coldest night on Friday, even as the mercury continued its downward spiral in the valley and Ladakh region, MET officials said. Kokernag town in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 6.6 degrees Celsius the lowest night temperature for December in over a decade..