Rain, snow in parts of HP lead to fall in minimum temperatures

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Press Trust of India Shimla
Last Updated : Feb 06 2018 | 8:45 PM IST
The tribal areas and higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh witnessed intermittent snowfall while the mid and lower hills of the state received rains leading to drop in mercury.
Pooh and Kalpa in tribal Kinnaur district received 8 cm and 4 cm of snow respectively, while Khadrala received 1 cm of snow. Rains lashed parts of Kinnair and Shimla district. Sarahan gauged 14 mm of rainfall and Reckong Peo received 2 mm of rains.
Minimum temperatures decreased by 1 to 2 degrees and Keylong in tribal Lahaul and Spiti was coldest at night at minus 2.7 degrees Celsius while by Kalpa recorded a low of minus 1.2 degrees Celsius.
Manali and Shimla both registered a minimum temperature of 4.6 degrees Celsius, followed by Solan 5.7 degrees Celsius, Una 6.4 degrees Celsius, Dharamshala 7.6 degrees Celsius, Palampur 8 degrees Celsius, Hamirpur 8.3 degrees Celsius, Nahan 9.3 degrees Celsius and Bhuntar 10 degrees Celsius.
Una was hottest in day with 24.6 degrees Celsius, followed by Sundernagar, Mandi and Bilaspur at 22.2 degrees Celsius each, Nahan 21 degrees Celsius, Hamirpur 20.6 degrees Celsius and Solan 20 degrees Celsius.
The local MeT office has predicted rain and snow at isolated places in mid and higher hills on February 9 and 10.

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First Published: Feb 06 2018 | 8:45 PM IST

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