Rains occur at some places in HP

Sporadic rains occurred at some places in Himachal Pradesh and surrounding areas were lashed by sharp showers followed by hail storm.

The sky remained heavily overcast and Arki, Mandi, Shimla and Palampur received 29 mm, 8 mm, 3 mm and 2 mm rains.

The local Meteorological office has warned of thunderstorm with gusty winds at isolated places in the lower and mid hills for June 8 and 9 and rains and thunder showers in the mid and the lower hills and rains or snow in the higher hills for the next six days from tomorrow.

The minimum temperatures increased marginally by one to two degrees while maximum temperatures rose marginally and Una in Shiwalik foothills was hottest during the day with a maximum of40.4 degree Celsius. Una was also warmer during the night with the minimum temperature rising to 24.8 degree Celsius.

Kalpa, Keylong and Manali recorded a low of 11 degrees Celsius, 11.9 degrees Celsius and 13.6 degrees Celsius , followed by Shimla 16.2 degrees Celsius, Bhuntar 19 degrees Celsius, Nahan 19.5 degrees Celsius, Solan 19.7 degrees Celsius, Palampur 20.5 degrees Celsius, Dharamsala 21 degrees Celsius and Sundernagar 21.5 degrees Celsius.

Bhuntar recorded the maximum temperature at 36.7 degrees Celsius, followed by Sundernagar 35.5 degrees Celsius, Nahan 34.4 degrees Celsius, Dharamsala 31.8 degrees Celsius, Solan 29.2 degrees Celsius, Shimla 26.9 degrees Celsius, Kalpa 26 degrees Celsius and Keylong 24.7 degrees Celsius.