Maximum day temperatures dropped by four to five degrees while minimum temperatures remained steady in Himachal Pradesh as higher reaches and tribal areas had moderate snowfall while lower and mid hills were lashed by light rains, accompanied by strong icy winds.
Kalpa and Keylong in tribal areas received 6.5 cm and 6.0 cm of snow while key tourist resort of Manali had 6 cm of fresh snow while high mountain passes of Rohtang and Kunzam had 10 to 15 cm of fresh snow.
Shimla and adjoining resorts of Kufri, Fagu and Narkanda had traces of snow but strong velocity icy winds swept the region and sky remained heavily overcast.
Manali also received 5.4 mm rains followed by Saloni in Chamba district 5 mm, Chhatarari 3 mm and Chamba 2 mm.
Keylong recorded minimum temperature at minus 5.6 degrees, while Kalpa and Manali recorded a low of minus 2.0 degrees and minus 1.1 degrees, followed by Shimla 3.5 degrees, Solan 4.6 degrees, Dharamsala 6.6 degrees, Palampur 7.0 degrees, Bhuntar 8.0 degrees, Sundernagar 9.5 degrees, Nahan 10. 3 degrees and Una 11.4 degrees Celsius.
Day temperatures rose marginally in lower hills.
The local Met office has predicted rains or snow at isolated in mid and lower hills tomorrow and rain and snow at many places in higher hills over next three days.
