Heavy snowfall occurred in high altitude tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh while the mid and lower hills had widespread rains, further intensifying the cold wave conditions.
The high altitude tribal areas and high mountain passes recorded 35 to 45 cm of snow while Kothi recorded 25 cm of fresh snow, followed by Kalpa-8 cm, Keylong 6 cm, andKhadrala and Manali 2 cm each, creating intense cold wave conditions in adjoining valley areas.
The key tourist resort of Manali which shivered at sub zero temperature was wettest in the region with 44 mm rains.
While Banja, Seobagh and Salooni had 26 mm, 21 mm and 20 mm rains respectively followed by Bhuntar andBajura 19 mm, Dalhousie 13 mm, Dharamshala and Kothi 12 mm, Jubbar Hatti 11 mm, Shimla, Mashobra and Jhanjehli 9 mm each andKarsog, Sarkaghat andJubbal 8 mm.
Shimla and surrounding areas were lashed by a thunderstorm accompanied by intermittent rains and sleet, and sky remained heavily overcast, causing fall in mercury.
The minimum temperatures dropped across the state.
Keylong, Kalpa in tribal Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur districts recorded a low ofminus 2.1 degrees and minus 1.0 degree Celsius respectively while Manali hadminus 0.4 degree, a drop of two to three degrees since yesterday.
Shimla recorded minimum temperature at 5.6 degrees, followedby Bhuntar 6.5 degrees, Solan and Palampur 8.5 degrees, Sundernagar 9.1 degrees, Dharamsala 10.4 degrees, Nahan 11.7 degrees and Una 13.0 degrees Celsius.
The day temperatures also maintained the downward trend and Una in Shiwalik foothills was warmest in the region with a high of 25.4 degree while Nahan and Sundernagar recorded maximum temperatures at 22.4 degree and 20.7 degrees respectively.
Solan recorded the maximum at 19.2 degrees, Dharmshala 16.6 degrees, Shimla 15.0 degrees, Bhuntar 14.5 degrees and Kalpa 4.0 degrees Celsius.
The local MeT office has predicted dry weather in the region over next three days from tomorrow and rains and snow at isolated places in higher hills on February 25 and 26.
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