Srinagar, Dec. 28 -- The night temperatures plunged below the freezing point in Kashmir as the mercury dropped at most places owing to clear skies.

Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 2.6 degrees Celsius on Friday night, nearly three degrees down from 0.2 degrees Celsius on the previous night, they said.

Central Kashmir's tourist resort of Sonamarg was the coldest in Jammu and Kashmir with a low of minus 5.8 degrees Celsius, down from minus 4.7 degrees Celsius a day ago.

Pahalgam tourist resort in south Kashmir recorded minus 4.8 degrees Celsius, and the ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 4.2 degrees Celsius.

Among other places, Qazigund recorded a low of minus 2.8 degrees Celsius, Kokernag min...