Cold wave continues to grip Himachal

Pakistan Telegraph (IANS) Sunday 5th February, 2012

The cold continued to grip the entire Himachal Pradesh Sunday with the higher reaches experiencing more snow. However, there was widespread rainfall the in low and mid hills, said an official.

The Metereological office here said the chill would extend over the weekend as snow and thundershowers would continue in the state till Feb 9.

The minimum temperature in Shimla was recorded at 2.1 degrees Celsius and Manali was at minus 0.6 degrees. Shimla's day temperature was 12.1 degrees.

Shimla received 3 mm of rain while Manali got 30 mm of rain in the 24 hours to Sunday morning, said the Met office.

Kalpa, some 250 km from here which experienced 18.7 cm of snow, saw a minimum temperature of minus 2 degrees Celsius, while it was 4.3 degrees in Dharamsala, which had 29.2 mm of rain.

Keylong, the headquarters of Lahaul and Spiti, experienced 25 cm of snow and was the coldest in the state with a low of minus 7.4 degrees Celsius.