Srinagar: Kashmir witnesses an improvement in the cold conditions as the night temperatures rose and settled above normal across the valley owing to overcast skies, officials said on Friday.

The mercury on Thursday night settled above the freezing point at most places, providing huge relief to the residents from the biting cold conditions, the officials said.

The minimum was one to over three degrees above the normal for this time of the season, they said.

The night temperature in Srinagar -- the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir -- settled at a low of 0.4 degrees Celsius on Thursday night, over four degrees up from minus 4 degrees Celsius the previous night, the officials said.

The gateway town to the valley, Qazigund, recorded a low of minus 0.2 degrees Celsius, while the mercury s

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