Moderate rain lashes parts of HP, Una hottest at 40 degree C

Several parts of Himachal Pradesh were lashed by strong winds accompanied by intermittent showers causing marginal drop in day temperatures.
Mercury touched a high of 40 degrees Celsius in Una.
Shimla and surrounding tourist resorts of Kufri and Mashobra were also lashed by strong showers and sky remained heavily overcast throughout the day.
Maximum temperature in Manali dropped by 2 degrees against yesterday and settled at 18 degrees Celsius and Dharmshala was cooler by a notch at 28.2 degrees C while Kalpa recorded a high of 19 degrees.
Dharamsala was the wettest place with 22.8 mm of rain while Bilaspur and Jubbar-Hatti in lower hills received 14 mm rain, followed by Khadrala 13 mm, Kalatop 9 mm, Sarahan 5 mm, Seobagh 4 mm, Kumarsein and Jubbal 3mm.

Mashobra and Dalhousie received 12 mm rains while Kufri and Shimla recorded 7 mm and 5 mm rains, MeT office said.

The maximum temperature in Nahan and Sundernagar settled at 34.6 degrees and 34.4 degrees, followedby Solan at 31 degrees, Bhuntar 29.5 degrees, Shimla 25.0 degrees Celsius.
The minimum temperature also plummeted by 2-3 degrees at several areas in the hill state.
Keylong recording the coldest temperature in the region at 3.8 degrees Celsius, a drop of 2 notches since yesterday.
Manali and Kalpa recorded a low of 5.6 degrees and 6 degree respectively, followed by Dalhousie 10.2 degrees, Shimla 14.1 degrees, Bhuntar 14.5 degrees, Dharamsala 14.8 degrees, Palampur 16.5 degrees, Sundernagar 16.7 degrees, Nahan 22.0 degrees and Una 23.5 degrees C.

The MeT office has predicted rains and thundershowers at many places in mid-hills and rains or snow in higher-hills over the next six days.