Residents of Kashmir are witnessing colder nights as the mercury has plunged in most parts of the region.
The night temperature in Srinagar dropped a degree from the previous night to settle at a low of minus 2.9 degrees Celsius on Wednesday.
They said the night temperature was 2.3 degrees below the normal for this time of the season.
Qazigund in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 3.2 degrees Celsius, 1.6 degrees lower than the previous night.
The mercury in north Kashmir’s Kupwara settled at minus 4.2 degrees Celsius, while Kokernag in south Kashmir registered a low of minus 1.2 degrees Celsius. Pahalgam, the base camp for the Amarnath Yatra, recorded a low of minus 4.6 degrees Celsius, down by a degree.
Gulmarg saw the temperature increase by 1.5 degrees to settle at zero degrees Celsius.
Pulwama and Shopian towns — both in south Kashmir — were the coldest recorded places in Jammu and Kashmir at minus 5.2 degrees Celsius each.