Cold wave continues in Kashmir; Leh is coldest recorded place

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Srinagar:  The mercury continues to be in a free fall in Kashmir and Ladakh divisions as Leh was the coldest recorded place at minus 17.4 degrees Celsius in the state.

Last night Leh recorded a plunge of almost 10 degrees from the previous night’s minus 7.9 degrees Celsius, an official of the MET Department said here.

Temperature in the nearby Kargil town settled at a low of minus 19.0 degrees Celsius, almost six degrees down from minus 13.1 degrees Celsius the previous night, the official said.

Kargil had recorded the lowest temperature of the season at minus 19.8 degrees Celsius on January 3.

Srinagar, the summer capital of J-K, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 3.3 degrees Celsius, one degree down from the previous night’s minus 2.3 degrees Celsius.

The official said the mercury in the nearby Kargil town settled at a low of minus 19.0 degrees Celsius, almost six degrees down from minus 13.1 degrees Celsius the previous night.

The official said the minimum temperature in Pahalgam, in south Kashmir, decreased by over seven degrees from the previous night’s minus 7.4 degrees Celsius to settle at the season’s lowest of minus  14.7 degrees Celsius last night….

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