Srinagar, Jan. 9 -- Kashmir witnessed the season's coldest night on Thursday with mercury touching -9.8 degree Celsius in Sonamarg, said MeT officials.

The J&K meteorological centre stated that ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir and the tourist resort of Pahalgam in South Kashmir also witnessed a very cold previous night.

" The Gulmarg recorded -9.2 degree Celsius followed by -8.6 degree Celsius in Pahalgam," said an official of MeT.

The summer capital Srinagar also experienced a cold night with temperature dropping to as low as -5.1 degree Celsius while the gateway into Kashmir at Qazigund recorded -5.4 degrees.

However the day temperatures on Thursday were several notches above normal. Srinagar recorded a maximum of 11.1 degree ...