The mercury dropped by a few notches today as stormy weather conditions prevailed in several parts of Himachal Pradesh.
The MeT department here warned of thunderstorm accompanied by squall and hailstorm in the mid and lower hills on May 7 and 8. It predicted rains or thundershowers in the mid and lower hills and rains and snow in the higher hills till May 10.
The storm caused damage to standing wheat crop in the mid and higher hills and apple crops.
Shimla received 9 mm rainfall, followed by 7 mm in Kufri, 6 mm in Fagu, 5 mm in Jhandutta, 4 mm in Kalpa, 3 mm in Kandaghat, 2 mm in Dalhousie, Jhanjehli, Solan and Narkanda.
Minimum temperatures dropped by three to five degrees during past 24 hours and Keylong recorded a low of 3.7 degrees Celsius while Kalpa and Manali recorded the minimum temperatures at 4.6 degrees Celsius and 6.4 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Bhuntar recorded a minimum temperature of 12.5 degrees Celsius, 12.8 degrees Celsius in Shimla, 15.5 degrees Celsius in Solan, 15.8 degrees Celsius in Nahan, 15.9 degrees Celsius in Sundernagar, 18.5 degrees Celsius in Palampur, 19.5 degrees Celsius in Dharamshala and 22.6 degrees Celsius in Una.
Una in Shiwalik foothills was hottest with a maximum temperature of 35.6 degrees Celsius, followed by 29.2 degrees Celsius in Nahan, 29.1 degrees Celsius in Sundernagar, 25.6 degrees Celsius in Dharamshala, 25.3 degrees Celsius in Palampur, 21.6 degrees Celsius in Bhuntar, 21.0 degrees Celsius in Solan, 19.5 degrees Celsius in Shimla, 16.6 degrees Celsius in Manali, 12.2 degrees Celsius in Kalpa and 9.4 degrees Celsius in Keylong. PTI PCL
The day temperatures also maintained decreasing trend and Una in Shiwalik foothills was hottest with maximum temperature at 35.6 degree, followed by Nahan 29.2 degree ,Sundernagar 29.1 degree, Dharamsala 25.6 degree,Palampur 25.3 degree, Bhuntar 21.6 degree, Solan 21.0 degree, Shimla 19.5 degree, Manali 16.6 degree, Kalpa 12.2 degree and Keylong 9.4 degree C.PTI/PCL
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