Cold conditions returned to Kashmir after a brief respite with the night temperature dropping many degrees below the freezing point owing to clear night skies.

Earlier this week, the cold conditions eased in Kashmir due to overcast night skies after snowfall and rain.
A MeT official said Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 2.2 degrees Celsius, a drop of 5 notches from 3 degrees Celsius on Tuesday night, the officials said.
The Sonamarg tourist resort in central Kashmir was the coldest place in Jammu and Kashmir with a low of minus 7.3 degrees Celsius.
Sonamarg along with other higher reaches, received snowfall on Sunday and Monday.
The ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir was the second coldest place at minus 5.4 degrees Celsius, followed by south Kashmir’s Pahalgam at minus 4.4 degrees Celsius.
Qazigund recorded a low of minus 1.8 degrees Celsius, Kokernag minus 0.7 degrees Celsius and Kupwara minus 2 degrees Celsius — a drop of four notches from Tuesday night.
The Meteorological Department has forecast generally dry weather in Kashmir till December 28. Spells of wet weather are likely around New Year’s Eve.
“Light snow at isolated higher reaches is likely on December 29. There is a possibility of light rain in the plains and light snow in the higher reaches from December 30 to January 1,” the MeT official said.