Srinagar Records -4.2 Degrees, 40-Day Intense Cold Spell Begins

The dropping temperatures herald the beginning of a 40 day long intense cold season called Chillai Kalan in the Valley.

The winter solstice marks the coldest night of the season in Kashmir. Srinagar freezes at minus 4.2.

The dropping temperatures herald the beginning of a 40 day long intense cold season called Chillai Kalan in the Valley. It begins on December 21 and ends on January 30. It's followed by another cold spell with less intensity during the month of February.

Chillai Kalan is the local name given to this yearly period of intense cold weather, when winter temperatures in Kashmir are at their lowest.

Pahalgam in south Kashmir was the coldest place in the region with minus 6.2 degree Celsius.