Mercury rose to minus 3.1 degrees in Keylong in tribal Lahaul and Spiti district while Manaliand Kalpa recorded a low of minus 0.8 degree and 0.4 degree Celsius.
Una in Shivalik foothills recorded minimum temperature at 0.9 degree, while Bhuntar and Sundernagar recorded minimum temperature at 3.5 degrees and 4 degrees, followed by Dharamsala 5.2 degrees, Solan 6.5 degrees and Nahan 7.7 degrees Celsius.
The local MeT office has predicted dry weather in the region for six days from December 28 to January 2 next year.
A fresh feeble western disturbance as an upper air system would affect western Himalayan region from December 31.
Theforecast of dry weather has come as a disappointment for thousands of tourists who have thronged Shimla to celebrate the New Year and enjoy snowfall.