Fog and Chill Grip Kashmir after Heavy Snowfall

The weatherman has forecast “mainly dry weather with morning fog /mist at isolated places of Kashmir valley and plains of Jammu division” till January 20. Photo: Aman Farooq/ GK

   
The deep freeze in Kashmir valley shows no signs of relenting even as a thick layer of fog engulfed Srinagar on Friday morning. Photo: Aman Farooq/ GK

The minimum temperatures continued far below than the normal in other parts of the valley, settling at minus 8.6°C in Pahalgam against minus 11.1°C on the previous night in the world-famous health resort. Photo: Aman Farooq/ GK

In 1991, the Srinagar witnessed a low of minus 11.8°C while the lowest ever temperature was recorded on 31 January 1893 when the mercury had gone down to minus 14.4 degrees Celsius. Photo: Aman Farooq/ GK

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