Cold wave conditions persist in Kashmir

Coldwave conditions continued in Kashmir due to sub-zero temperatures despite some respite from the bone-chilling cold in the Valley

On Monday, Srinagar recorded a night temperature of minus 2.4 degrees Celsius, up from minus 4.3 degrees the previous day

Pahalgam in south Kashmir recorded a minimum temperature of minus 4.4 degrees Celsius, up from the previous night`s minus 5.3 degrees

The minimum temperature in Kokernag settled at minus 1.2 degrees Celsius and in Kupwara at minus 4.5 degrees.

Kashmir has been going through a prolonged dry spell with a 79 per cent deficit in rainfall being recorded for December