New Delhi:
The cold wave tightened its grip over most parts of North India today with the mercury plummeting by several notches.
After three days of respite, temperatures dipped in Kashmir bringing back the chill in the Valley.
Mercury in the summer capital Srinagar settled at minus 1.4 degrees Celsius, a drop of 0.2 degrees from yesterday, the official said.
He said the minimum temperature in the famous skiing resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir plunged to minus 12.4 degrees Celsius, a drop of 3.7 degrees from yesterday.
In the south Kashmir tourist resort of Pahalgam, the minimum temperature was recorded at minus 12.2 degrees Celsius.
The south Kashmir gateway town of Qazigund recorded a low of minus 4.2 degrees Celsius, while north Kashmir's frontier town of Kupwara recorded a minimum of minus 2.4 degrees Celsius.
Leh town in remote Ladakh region recorded a minimum of minus 19.9 degrees Celsius, a drop of 11.3 degrees from yesterday, a MeT official said.
He said the minimum temperature in the nearby Kargil district, also in Ladakh region, slipped to a low of minus 19.0 degrees Celsius.
Cold wave continued to sweep parts of Rajasthan where Eranpura Road in Pali district was the coldest with a minimum temperature of two degrees Celsius.
Churu was also cold at 2.7 degrees Celsius, according to the MeT department.
The Pink City of Jaipur recorded a low of 2.9 degrees Celsius, while Vanasthali had a minimum of 3.6 degrees Celsius.