Latest weather updates from PTI - Intensified cold conditions prevail in Kashmir

Srinagar, Jan 8 (PTI) Bright sunshine provided slight relief to residents of Kashmir in the daytime but Kargil town continued to reel under intense cold conditions with the mercury staying six degrees below the freezing point 

The minimum temperature fell to a bone-chilling minus 18.5 degrees Celsius in Kargil town yesterday, an official of the MET department said today.

Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded its coldest night this winter at minus 6.1 degrees Celsius -- marginally down from minus 6 degrees Celsius recorded the previous night.

Bright sunshine during the day, however, has come as a bit of relief for the residents as the maximum temperature yesterday settled at 10.2 degrees Celsius.

While the night temperature in Qazigund, in south Kashmir, dipped to a low of minus 5.8 degrees Celsius, down from minus 4.6 degrees Celsius on the previous night, the neighbouring Kokernag town recorded a low of minus 4.2 degrees Celsius, a marginal rise from yesterday's minus 4.4 degrees Celsius, the official said.

He said Kupwara in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 5.5 degrees Celsius, compared to the previous night's minus 4.6 degrees Celsius.

Gulmarg - the famous ski-resort in north Kashmir - recorded a low of minus 10.6 degrees Celsius, down from minus 9.4 degrees Celsius the previous night.

The night temperature in Pahalgam - the famous health resort which also serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra increased marginally from the low of minus 8.9 degrees Celsius the previous night to settle at a low of minus 8.1 degrees Celsius last night.