Severe cold conditions continued in Jammu and Kashmir as mercury plummeted to season’s coldest in Pahalgam and Kupwara while twin capitals of Srinagar and Jammu recorded second lowest temperature this winter, recording a low of minus 5.6°C and 2.7°C respectively.
A meteorological department official here told that Srinagar recorded a drop by 0.8°C than the last night’s temperature of minus 4.8°C. The temperature was 3.5°C below normal for the summer capital, the official said. Srinagar has so far seen the coldest temperature this season on December 25 when mercury plummeted to minus 5.8°C and today’s temperature was second lowest this winter.
