<span style="color: #222222;">Kashmir reeled under intense cold conditions with Srinagar experiencing the coldest night of the season so far.<br />''<br />''An official of the Meteorological Department said, the minimum temperature across Kashmir and Ladakh remained several degrees below the freezing point today owing to the clear sky.<br />''<br />''He said, Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season so far as the minimum temperature in the city settled at minus 4 degrees Celsius last night.<br />''<br />''Pahalgam, in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, was the coldest recorded place in the valley.<br />''<br />''The ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded the low of minus 10.2 degrees Celsius. The night temperature at Pahalgam resort, which also serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath yatra in south Kashmir, settled at a low of minus 10.4 degrees Celsius.<br />''<br />''The MeT office has forecast mainly dry weather for the week ahead. Kashmir is currently under the grip of 'Chillai-Kalan' — the 40-day harshest period of winter when the chances of snowfall are most frequent and maximum and the temperature drops considerably. </span><br />