Residents across the Kashmir Valley continue to shiver as
mercury plunged by several degrees with Srinagar recording the
coldest night of this winter.  Srinagar recorded a low of minus
5.8 degrees Celsius last night, which was the coldest night of
this winter, a MET official said.  The minimum night temperature
in the highway town of Qazigund in south Kashmir was minus 8.0
degrees Celsius as against yesterday’s minus 7.0 degrees
Celsius, he said.  The night temperature in Kokernag settled at
minus 10.2 degrees Celsius, down by 2.7 degrees as compared to
yesterday.  In north Kashmir’s Kupwara town, where the previous
night’s minimum was minus 2.2 degrees Celsius, the temperature
settled at a low of minus 4.8 degrees Celsius during the night.
The minimum night temperature in Pahalgam hill resort in south
Kashmir was slightly up at minus 12.4 degrees Celsius from the
previous night’s minus 13.0 degrees Celsius.  (This article was
published on January 26, 2013)