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Cold conditions intensify across Kashmir valley as temperature drops below freezing point

SRINAGAR: Cold conditions tightened their grip on Kashmir on Friday, with the minimum temperature dropping several degrees below freezing point, making it the coldest night of the season in most areas of the valley, officials reported. Srinagar recorded its season's lowest temperature at minus 4.1 degrees Celsius - two degrees lower than the previous night. The minimum temperature at Pahalgam, a popular tourist resort and a base camp for the annual Amarnath Yatra, dropped to minus 6.5 degrees Celsius, the lowest so far this season. Gulmarg, the famous ski resort, recorded a low of minus 4.3 degrees Celsius, while Kupwara saw minus 3.4 degrees Celsius and Kokernag recorded minus 2.4 degrees Celsius, according to officials.

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