Icy winds continue in Himachal despite no fresh snow (Lead)
December 28th, 2009 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Shimla, Dec 28 (IANS) Icy winds continued to make people shiver in Himachal Pradesh Monday despite the state not experiencing any fresh rain or snow.
The state capital saw a further decline in night temperature. It recorded a minimum of 2.3 degrees Celsius Monday morning, a decline of 0.4 degrees from Sunday, according to the weather bureau.
However, the city recorded a maximum of 13.6 degrees Celsius due to sunny conditions.
Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti district and Kalpa in Kinnaur district recorded the minimum of minus 9.7 degrees Celsius and minus 5.4 degrees, respectively. These towns recorded the day temperature at minus 3.4 degrees Celsius and 8 degrees, respectively.
Elsewhere, Bhuntar near Kullu and Sundernagar in Mandi district recorded lows of minus 0.4 degrees Celsius and 0.2 degrees, respectively, while the maximum there was 17.2 degrees and 18.2 degrees, respectively.
The maximum temperature of 20.8 degrees Celsius in the state was recorded at Una town.
According to the Met office, the weather would mainly remain dry Tuesday.
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