Overview
- Officials reported widespread sub‑zero nights across the Valley, with Gulmarg the coldest inhabited spot at –5.5°C and multiple stations below freezing.
- Srinagar’s minimum became a point of contention, with the IMD citing 0.4°C and the MeT office and local data listing roughly –1.9°C after –3.7°C the previous night.
- Meteorologists cautioned that the cold spell across Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh could strengthen due to the absence of a significant incoming weather system.
- The MeT office expects shallow to moderate fog at many places in the coming days, adding to difficult early‑morning conditions.
- Emergency crews responded quickly to a fire that damaged several shops and a furniture godown in Srinagar’s Munwarabad area during the ongoing cold spell.