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The maximum temperatures dropped by five to six degrees across Himachal Pradesh amid widespread rains in the region while areas surrounding Shimla were lashed by hailstorm and heavy rains.
Updated : May 31, 2017, 10:00 PM IST
The maximum temperatures dropped by
five to six degrees across Himachal Pradesh amid widespread
rains in the region while areas surrounding Shimla were lashed
by hailstorm and heavy rains.
A severe hailstorm lashed the state capital and its
surrounding areas followed by sharp rain showers, while
several places in mid and lower hills were lashed by heavy
rains.
Sri Nainadevi in Bilaspur district was wettest in the
region with 60 mm rains, weather officials said.
Dharampur received 52 mm rains, followed by Banjar and
Mandi (47 mm), Khadrala and Bijahi (46 mm), Rampur and Arki
(42 mm), Kotkhai (35 mm), Aghar (30 mm), Pandoh and Mashobra
(29 mm), Jubbal (24 mm), Rohru (23 mm), Pachhad (22 mm),
Kumarsain (21 mm), Kandaghat and Bangana (20 mm), Renuka and
Kasauli (19 mm), Baijnath (18 mm), Ghumarwin and Sundernagar
(17 mm), Una and Shimla (16 mm) and Nurpur (15 mm), they said.
Minimum temperature dropped to 7.2 degrees Celsius at
Kalpa while Manali and Keylong recorded a low of 8.0 and 8.8
degrees Celsius, followed by Shimla (10.3), Solan and Palampur
(15), Bhuntar (15.5), Nahan (15.9), Sundernagar (17.4), Una
(17.7) and Dharamsala (18.8).
Una was hottest in the region with a high of 31.6 degreed
Celsius against 38.5 degrees Celsius yesterday, while mercury
dropped by five notches to stay at 29.4 degrees Celsius at
Dharamsala and 29 degrees Celsius at Sundernagar, followed by
Bhuntar (27.8), Nahan (27.2), Solan (26.2), Manali (24.6),
Shimla (22.4) and Kalpa (18).
The local MeT office has predicted rains or thunder
showers at isolated places in lower and mid hills and rains or
snow at Higher hills at tomorrow and dry weather in the region
from June 2 onwards.
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