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Punjab and Haryana are reeling nether aggravated acold portion dense fog enveloped galore areas successful some states connected Saturday (December 27, 2025).
Ballowal Saunkhri successful Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar territory was the coldest spot successful Punjab, signaling a debased of 4.4 degrees Celsius, according to a study of the section meteorological department.
The nighttime temperatures plunged beneath the freezing constituent successful Kashmir arsenic the mercury dropped astatine astir places owing to wide skies.
The Valley is bracing up for different spell of rains and snowfall astir the New Year’s Eve, upwind officials said connected Saturday.
A boatman tries to interruption the crystal with a woody instrumentality portion making his mode done a partially frozen aboveground of Dal Lake successful Srinagar. File | Photo Credit: IMRAN NISSAR
Srinagar recorded a minimum somesthesia of minus 2.6 degrees Celsius connected Friday night, astir 3 degrees down from 0.2 degrees Celsius connected the erstwhile night, they said.
Dry upwind successful Kashmir
Central Kashmir’s tourer edifice of Sonamarg was the coldest successful Jammu and Kashmir with a debased of minus 5.8 degrees Celsius, down from minus 4.7 degrees Celsius a time ago.
Pahalgam tourer edifice successful southbound Kashmir, which besides serves arsenic 1 of the basal camps for the yearly Amarnath yatra, was the 2nd coldest spot astatine minus 4.8 degrees Celsius, officials said.
They said the celebrated skis edifice of Gulmarg successful northbound Kashmir recorded a debased of minus 4.2 degrees Celsius.
Among different places, Qazigund recorded a debased of minus 2.8 degrees Celsius, Kokernag minus 0.9 degrees Celsius and Kupwara minus 3.8 degrees Celsius.
The India Meteorological Department has forecast mostly adust upwind successful Kashmir till December 29 and spells of bedewed upwind astir New Year’s Eve.
An aged antheral wrapped successful a broad sips beverage connected a acold morning, astatine the Heritage Street, successful Amritsar. File | Photo Credit: ANI
Among different areas successful Punjab, Amritsar recorded a debased of 5.1 degrees Celsius, 2 degrees supra normal. Ludhiana shivered astatine 4.6 degrees Celsius portion Patiala's minimum was 7 degrees Celsius.
Pathankot, Bathinda, Faridkot and Gurdaspur recorded their respective lows of 5.4, 6, 4.9 and 5.8 degrees Celsius.
Chandigarh, the associated superior of the 2 states, recorded a minimum of 6.9 degrees Celsius.
In neighbouring Haryana, Gurugram was the coldest spot with a debased of 4.9 degrees Celsius.
The minimum somesthesia successful Ambala was recorded astatine 9.3 degrees Celsius, 3 degrees supra normal, portion Hisar's debased was 5 degrees Celsius.
Karnal recorded a debased of 8 degrees Celsius, 2 degrees supra normal.
Narnaul, Rohtak, Bhiwani and Sirsa registered minimum temperatures of 5.5, 7.2, 6.5 and 7 degrees Celsius, respectively.
