Kashmir continued to reel under intense cold with the night temperature in Srinagar dropping to -5.3 degrees Celsius on Monday.
A MeT official said south Kashmir districts of Pulwama and Shopian remained the coldest places in the Valley with the night temperature dropping to -7.4 degrees Celsius respectively.
He said the night temperature in Srinagar settled at -5.3 degrees Celsius.
In Pahalgam health resort in south Kashmir, the night temperature settled at -6.9 degrees Celsius as against the -6.5 degrees Celsius recorded during the previous night.
Qazigund plunged to a low of -5.2°C against the -5.0 degrees Celsius a day ago while Kokernag recorded a low of -2.6 degrees Celsius against the -2.3 degrees Celsius recorded the previous night.
In the ski resort of Gulmarg, the night temperature settled at -4.0 degrees Celsius.
In Kupwara, the night temperature settled at -6.0 degrees Celsius against the -5.7 degrees Celsius recorded during the previous night.
The MeT official said the dry weather will continue till January 24.
“The weather will generally turn cloudy with the possibility of light snow over isolated higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir from January 25–26. On January 27–28, the weather will remain generally cloudy with light rain or snow over scattered places, and from January 29–31, there is a possibility of light rain or snow at many places, which is very likely,” he said.
There is a possibility of light rain or snow in scattered places over Jammu and Kashmir on February 1, the MeT official said.