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Ooty, a popular hill station in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, saw mercury drop to 0.8 degrees Celsius on Sunday (Jan 28), thus transcending into a landscape often seen in India’s Kashmir valley. Media reports said up to an inch of ice was found stacked on parked vehicles, as residents in the area struggled to fire up their vehicles in frigid conditions.

Tamil Nadu’s Ooty saw the minimum temperature on Sunday drop to 1.3°C while continuing to report frost. | Trending

The southern town of Ooty in Tamil Nadu experienced exceptionally low temperatures below 2.5°C, accompanied by frost in surrounding areas. The usual frost season in the Nilgiri district, from November to February, started late this year due to stormy rains. The cold spell has disrupted normal life, with residents struggling in severe cold conditions.

Read about how Ooty, a village in Tamil Nadu, turned into an iceland as the minimum temperature dropped. Frost was observed in the surrounding areas and the cold disrupted normal life. Explore more about this unusual weather phenomenon in Ooty.