Srinagar: Mercury stayed above the freezing point across Kashmir, barring Gulmarg and Pahalgam towns, while the weather is expected to remain mainly dry for the next few days.
Pahalgam witnessed light rainfall during the night and the mercury there settled at minus 3.5 degrees Celsius against the previous night's zero degrees Celsius, an official of the Meteorological Department said.
He said the mercury in the famous ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir also dropped from the previous night's low of minus 5.8 degrees Celsius to settle at minus 8.0 degrees Celsius.
At all the other places in the Valley, the minimum temperature stayed above zero degrees Celsius, the official said.
The official said the mercury also increased in the towns of Qazigund, Kupwara and Kokernag as they registered the low of 3.2 degrees Celsius, 0.8 degree Celsius and 2.4 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Leh, in the frontier region of Ladakh, recorded a low of minus 9.3 degrees Celsius, a decrease of four degrees from the previous night's minus 5.2 degrees Celsius.
Kashmir is in the midst of the 40-day-long harshest phase of winter, which began on December 21 and will continue till the end of this month.
The 40-day period is followed by a 20-day long 'Chillai-Khurd' (small cold) and a 10-day long 'Chillai Bachha' (baby cold).
However, there is slight possibility of isolated rainfall or snowfall on Friday.
Pahalgam witnessed light rainfall during the night and the mercury there settled at minus 3.5 degrees Celsius against the previous night's zero degrees Celsius, an official of the Meteorological Department said.
He said the mercury in the famous ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir also dropped from the previous night's low of minus 5.8 degrees Celsius to settle at minus 8.0 degrees Celsius.
At all the other places in the Valley, the minimum temperature stayed above zero degrees Celsius, the official said.
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The official said the mercury also increased in the towns of Qazigund, Kupwara and Kokernag as they registered the low of 3.2 degrees Celsius, 0.8 degree Celsius and 2.4 degrees Celsius, respectively.
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Leh, in the frontier region of Ladakh, recorded a low of minus 9.3 degrees Celsius, a decrease of four degrees from the previous night's minus 5.2 degrees Celsius.
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Kashmir is in the midst of the 40-day-long harshest phase of winter, which began on December 21 and will continue till the end of this month.
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The 40-day period is followed by a 20-day long 'Chillai-Khurd' (small cold) and a 10-day long 'Chillai Bachha' (baby cold).
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However, there is slight possibility of isolated rainfall or snowfall on Friday.
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