Leh At - 17.4 in Jan 2014

Leh temperature At -17.4 degrees in Jan 2014 

THE mercury continues to be in a free fall in Kashmir and Ladakh divisions as Leh was the coldest recorded place at minus 17.4 degrees Celsius in the State.

On Monday night Leh recorded a plunge of almost 10 degrees from the Sunday night's minus 7.9 degrees Celsius, an official of the MET Department said here.

Temperature in the nearby Kargil town settled at a low of minus 19.0 degrees Celsius, almost six degrees down from minus 13.1 degrees Celsius on Monday night, the official said. Kargil had recorded the lowest temperature of the season at minus 19.8 degrees Celsius on January 3. Srinagar, the summer capital of J-K. recorded a minimum temperature of minus 3.3 degrees Celsius, one degree down from Monday night's minus 2.3 degrees Celsius.

Mercury in the nearby Kargil town settled at a low of minus 19.0 degrees Celsius, almost six degrees down from minus 13.1 degrees Celsius on Monday night, the official said

The minimum temperature in Pahalgam, decreased by over seven degrees from Monday night's minus 7.4 degrees Celsius to settle at the season's lowest of minus 14.7 degrees. Meanwhile, there was no let up in biting cold wave sweeping Punjab. Haryana and Chandigarh with mercury plummeting to minus 0.5 degrees Celsius at Adampur on Monday. Adampur in Punjab's Jalandhar district was the coldest place in the two States recording four degrees below normal minimum.Amritsar. too. was under the grip of severe chill at a minimum of 0.8 deg C. down three notches, while Patiala and Ludhiana recorded respective lows of 5 deg C.