Freezing point News

Kokernag, in south Kashmir, recorded minus 1.3°C. In north Kashmir, Kupwara recorded a temperature of minus 1.6°C. Leh recorded a low of minus 7.6°C.

There was huge improvement in the night temperature across Kashmir division, including Ladakh region, even as some places in the Valley received rains overnight.

The night temperature across Kashmir division, including Kargil, slipped further below the freezing point, even as the day temperature has risen and settled above the normal for this time of the year today.

Mercury nosedived across north India with Gulburg in Kashmir recording a low of minus 9.2 degrees Celsius even as a warmer day prevailed in the national capital with the temperature hovering above normal for this time of the year.

Temperatures at the North Pole rose above freezing point Wednesday, 20 degrees Celsius above the mid-winter norm and the latest abnormality in a season of extreme weather events.

Shallow fog occurred in many of parts of the city with visibility around 600 meters at 5.30 am and 800 meters at 8.30 am, a Meteorological department official.

Leh recorded a minimum of minus 12.1 degrees Celsius -- down by over seven degrees from the previous night's minus 4.6 degrees, a MeT department official said.