Srinagar records coldest December night in 50 years, temperature drops to minus 8° C
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Srinagar records coldest December night in 50 years, temperature drops to minus 8° C

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Chillai Kalan, the harshest 40-day winter period, commenced in Kashmir on Saturday, with Srinagar experiencing its coldest December night in 50 years at minus 8.5 degrees Celsius, according to the meteorological department. Srinagar’s Friday night temperature dropped from minus 6.2 degrees Celsius to minus 8.5 degrees Celsius, marking its coldest December night since 1974, when the mercury hit minus 10.3 degrees Celsius. Srinagar’s all-time lowest December temperature remains minus 12.8 degrees Celsius, recorded on December 13, 1934. In South Kashmir, Pahalgam, a major tourist attraction and a base camp for the Amarnath Yatra, recorded minus 8.6 degrees Celsius, while Gulmarg, the iconic ski resort, registered minus 6.2 degrees Celsius.

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