Srinagar, Jan. 22 -- Cold conditions prevailed across Kashmir on Thursday, with minimum temperatures dropping at most places and a western disturbance expected to affect the region later in the day and likely bring fresh snowfall, officials said.

There was a decrease in night temperatures at most places in Kashmir and the mercury settled below the freezing point across the valley, they said.

The minimum temperature in Srinagar dropped by a degree from the previous night to settle at a low of minus 3.4 degrees Celsius on Wednesday night, officials said.

Tourist resort of Sonamarg in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district was the coldest recorded places in the valley at minus 6.1 degrees Celsius - down from minus 5.5 degrees Celsius the prev...