Srinagar, Jan. 10 -- Parts of the Dal Lake in Srinagar were frozen on Friday as the city experienced the coldest night of the winter with Srinagar recording seasons coldest night with mercury dropping to -6 degree Celsius, which is around 1.9 degrees below normal temperature.

However day temperature was recorded at 10.8 degree Celsius, around 4.2 degrees above the normal temperature.

The MeT has said the cold wave will continue through out the Valley for next couple of days, adding that on Friday, the temperature settled several degrees below the freezing point across the Kashmir valley.

The cold wave has resulted in freezing waterbodies, water tapes and pipes. "We saw first time at many place the Dal lake had frozen today. The entire ...