Himachal Pradesh continued to experience hot weather on Monday with the day temperatures high across the state and no respite likely before the weekend, a Met official said.
"Temperatures remained on the higher side in the state due to lack of rainfall and the dry weather would continue in the state till May 21," an official of the meteorological office here told IANS.
Una town was the hottest in the state with a high of 42 degrees Celsius, while Sundernagar recorded a maximum temperature of 36.8 degrees and Dharamsala was hot at 31.8 degrees.
State capital Shimla was at 28.3 degrees, four notches above average. On Sunday, the day temperature in Shimla was 27.2 degrees.
--IANS
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