Kashmir weather updates: In Pahalgam, one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra in south Kashmir, the minimum temperature settled at minus 8.2 degrees Celsius against the previous night's minus 7.8 degrees.

Owing to clear skies, night temperatures dipped below the freezing point across the valley, the Met office said

Cold wave grips Kashmir with snowfall predicted, while Uttar Pradesh and North India experience significant temperature drops.