Leh witnesses coldest Feb night in last 4 yrs

Srinagar: Leh recorded the coldest February night in the last four years yesterday as the minimum temperature settled below freezing point in Kashmir, with the Met department predicting another spell of wet weather later this week.

Minimum temperature in Leh, in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, settled at minus 16.1 degrees Celsius, the lowest there in the month of February since 2013, an official of the Meteorological department said.

Leh had recorded a low of minus 18.8 degrees Celsius on February 9, 2013.

The town was the coldest recorded place in the state, he said.