Icy winds sweep Himachal towns
December 26th, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANSShimla, Dec 26 (IANS) Icy winds enveloped the snow-covered hills and swept down across most of Himachal Pradesh Monday, with most parts recording sub-zero temperatures.
Shimla saw a some decline in night temperature at a low of 4.4 degrees Celsius from Sunday’s 6 degrees, the weather office here said.
Keylong in the Lahaul and Spiti district and Kalpa in Kinnaur district shivered respectively at 6.1 degrees and 1.6 degrees Celsius below the freezing point.
In Manali, the mercury slipped to minus 0.8 degree Celsius and in Solan to 2.7 degrees. However, Dharamsala was comparatively comfortable at 4.3 degrees Celsius.
The Met office forecast mainly dry weather for Tuesday.
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