Widespread rain lashes several parts of Himachal

Widespread rain lashed several parts of Himachal Pradesh today, causing sharp fall in mercury.

The Met office has warned of thunderstorm with gusty winds, squall and hailstorm in mid and lower hills for the next four days from June 7 to 10. It also forecast rain and thundershowers in mid and lower hills and rain or snow in higher hills for the next six days upto June 12.

Solan was the wettest with 69 mm rain while Jogindernagar and Kotkhai received 50 mm rain, followed by Kangra (41 mm) , Sujanpur Tihra (36 mm), Sangrah (30 mm), Tissa (27 mm), Kufri and Pandoh (26mm).

Hamirpur and Dharamshala recorded rainfall of 25 mm, followed by Mandi (23 mm), Bijahi (22 mm), Bhoranj (20 mm), Rajgarh (19 mm), Renuka and Guler (18 mm), Mehre (17 mm), Sundernagar (16 mm), Nagrota Suriyan and Sarkaghat(15 mm), Bharari (14 mm), Kasauli (13 mm), Nadaun (12 mm), Dharampur (11mm) and Chamba and Palampur (10 mm).

Day temperature dropped by few notches and Una was the hottest with maximum temperature at 36.0 degrees Celsius, followed by Sundernagar and Bhuntar (34.7), Nahan (31.3), Dharamsala (30.4), Solan (28.6), Shimla (25.4), Keylong (25.0) and Kalpa (22.0).

There was no significant rise in minimum temperature and Kalpa, Manali and Keylong recorded a low of 13.0, 13.6 and 14.4 degrees Celsius, followed by Shimla (15.6), Solan (17.4), Nahan (18.4), Palampur (19.0), Sundernagar and Bhuntar (20.0), Dharamsala (21.0) and Una (21.7).