Kashmir records dip in temperatures after season’s first snowfall in plains

SRINAGAR: A day after plain areas in Kashmir received the season’s first snowfall, the minimum temperatures dropped across the valley on Friday, with the weather department predicting a cold wave at many places over the next four days, officials said.

The night temperatures decreased across the valley, after the snowfall in the higher reaches and some plains of Kashmir, the meteorological department said.

Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital, Srinagar, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 2 degrees Celsius, down from minus 0.5 degrees Celsius the previous night, the officials said.