Temperature Decreases by Few Notches in HP
Some higher reaches received fresh snowfall whereas rain occurred at some places in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday with forecast for dry and cold weather in the coming days, the meteorological department said.
Shimla, Dec 21 (PTI) Some higher reaches received fresh snowfall whereas rain occurred at some places in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday with forecast for dry and cold weather in the coming days, the meteorological department said.
The minimum temperature in the state decreased by one to two notches during the last 24 hours, Shimla Meteorological Centre Director Manmohan Singh said.
Gandhola experienced 5 cm snowfall followed by Keylong receiving 2 cm and Kothi getting 1 cm, he said.
Manali and Chamba received 9 mm rainfall each, followed by Dalhousie (8 mm), Banjar and Rampur (3 mm each), Chhatarari (2 mm), Bhuntar, Gaggal, Palampur and Seobagh (1 mm each), Singh added.
The coldest place in the state was Keylong which settled at minus 6.4 degrees Celsius.
Kalpa registered a low of minus 0.6 degrees Celsius.
Tourist destinations Manali, Kufri and Dalhousie shivered at 0 degrees Celsius.
The minimum temperature in state capital Shimla was 3.4 degrees Celsius.
The minimum temperature in Dharamshala was 1.8 degrees Celsius, followed by Mandi and Sundernagar (3.1 each), Solan (3.5), Palampur (4.5), Bhuntar (5.2), Chamba and Una (6.8 each), Hamirpur (6.3), Bilaspur (6.5) and Nahan at 8.1 degrees Celsius, the weatherman said.
The highest temperature in the state was recorded in Bilaspur at 21 degrees Celsius.
(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)