The season’s 1st snowfall lashed the plains of the Kashmir Valley on Saturday although the greater reaches of Jammu and Kashmir received heavy snowfall, the Met Office mentioned.
Srinagar received 3 inches of snow although Gulmarg received more than a foot of fresh snowfall.
All main highways which includes the Srinagar-Jammu, Srinagar-Leh and the Mughal Road are closed for targeted traffic on Saturday.
The minimum temperature was minus .6 degree Celsius in Srinagar, minus .9 in Pahalgam and minus 4 in Gulmarg on Saturday.
Leh town of Ladakh recorded minus 6.1, Kargil minus 3 and Drass minus 6.3 as the minimum temperature on Saturday.
Jammu city had 10.3, Katra 8.6, Batote minus .7, Bannihal .2 and Bhaderwah minus .4 as the night’s lowest temperatures.