Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season with temperature dropping down to minus 5.6 degrees. The hill resort of Gulmarg was at minus 9.6 degrees while Pahalgam recorded a night temperature of minus 12 degrees.
Delhi-NCR and north India have begun to face foggy mornings affecting public transport services.
Fresh spell of snowfall on Friday in Kashmir has forced diversion of two Srinagar-bound flights, officials of the Airport Authority of India said here. "Two Srinagar-bound flights have been diverted so far due to snowfall. If the weather continues to remain like this, the operations will have to be suspended for the rest of the day," the officials said.
The temperature of Shimla on Thursday dipped zero degrees celsius after heavy snowfall at the weekends. The State meteorological department director Manmohan Singh on Monday said that the weather will remain dry for the next three days
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As many as 170 students who were stranded amid heavy snowfall near Kufri in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla were rescued early on Saturday.
Kalpa in Kinnaur district and Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti have also experienced snowfall. They saw a low of minus 0.9 degrees and minus 3.9 degrees Celsius, respectively. Dharamsala recorded a low of 7.6 degrees Celsius.
The meteorological department on Wednesday issued a heavy snowfall alert in parts of Uttarakhand for Thursday and Friday. Heavy snowfall is likely to occur at isolated places located at a height of 2,500 metres and above in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Bageshwar and Pithoragarh districts on Thursday.
Srinagar-Leh national highway, Mughal Road, Bandipora-Gurez and Kupwara-Tangdhar-Karnah roads were closed on Wednesday morning following fresh snowfall at various places
Flight operations at the Srinagar airport remained suspended for the third consecutive day on Monday as all flights to and from the Kashmir Valley were cancelled due to poor visibility caused by heavy fog, officials said.
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The minimum in Leh town of Ladakh region increased by 2.8 degrees to settle at minus 12.8 degrees Celsius, while Srinagar recorded a low of minus 2.4 degrees Celsius
The popular tourist destination Manali in Himachal Pradesh on Friday saw the season's lowest temperature of minus 0.6 degree Celsius. However, it remained bereft of snow but hills in its vicinity received plentiful snowfall, turning them even more picturesque. As news of the snowfall flashed across the plains, tourists started booking Manali resorts to enjoy the snowy landscape.
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Director of the Meteorological Department Sonam Lotus said moderate snowfall is expected in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir and some places of Ladakh including Drass, Zanskar and Zojilla in Kargil district and Khardongla and Changla in Leh district of Ladakh region.
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Kokernag town in south Kashmir recorded 3.8 mm of snow, while the highway township of Qazigund along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway registered 0.2 mm of snowfall
Cold wave conditions intensified across Himachal Pradesh after fresh snowfall in the higher reaches and rain in several parts of the state on Friday, the meteorological department said.
The weather system is likely to cause temporary disruptions on surface transport especially over passes like Zojila, Srinagar-Jammu, Leh-Manali Highway, Mughal Road due to landslides, low temperature and heavy snowfall.
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