Tehri received the maximum of 61.8 mm rains followed by Dehradun and Mussoorie which received 43.2 mm and 30 mm rains respectively, the MeT office here said, adding the mercury dropped to 0.5 degree Celsius in Tehri.
Mukteshwar shivered at 1.2 degree Celsius. MeT office director Anand Sharma attributed the return of cold conditions in the state to western disturbance with trough in westerlies and induced cyclonic circulation near the desert state of Rajasthan.
Predicting similar weather conditions for the next few days, he said the temperature could see a further drop of 4-5 degrees and fog could envelop the plains.
The hills above 3000 metres in Tehri and Pithoragarh district received snowfall, he said.
Normal life was disrupted due to inclement weather especially in the higher reaches including Gopeshwar in Chamoli district.
Auli, known for winter sports like skiing, is already under three ft of snow while Chopta road that links Kedarnath and Gopeshwar is covered under sheets of white, a report from Chamoli said.
A number of villages in the area have become inaccessible with the approach roads completely snow-bound.