Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 5.6 degrees Celsius, a Meteorological Department official said here.
The area experienced a drop of over five degrees in night temperature from the previous night's zero degree Celsius, he said.
Gulmarg was the coldest place in the Valley and the second coldest in Jammu and Kashmir along with Kargil, the official said.
Kargil town in Ladakh region also registered minimum temperature of minus 5.6 degrees Celsius, the official said.
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Night temperatures at all other places in Kashmir division stayed above the freezing point last night.
While Srinagar recorded a low of 2.9 degrees Celsius, Qazigund and Kokernag towns in south Kashmir registered minimum temperatures of 4.4 degrees Celsius and 2.6 degrees Celsius respectively, the official said.
He said the mercury at the famous Pahalgam resort, which serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra, settled at a low of 1.4 degrees Celsius.
The north Kashmir town of Kupwara recorded a low of 1.7 degrees Celsius, the official said.
The MeT Department has forecast light rainfall or snow at isolated places in the state till tomorrow, following which the weather is likely to remain largely dry for a few days.