No rainfall has been reported in most parts of Himachal Pradesh and similar conditions would continue this week, said a Met official on Sunday.
Shimla, the capital city of neighboring Himachal Pradesh recorded maximum temperature of 25.2 degree Celsius, four notches above normal and minimum of 16.5 degree Celsius.
Among other places in Himachal, Una recorded maximum temperature of 35.2 degrees followed by Sunder Nagar at 33.4 degree Celsius and Kangra at 32.7 degrees. The maximum temperature was 27.8 degrees Celsius in Dharamsala, 24.4 degrees in Kalpa in Kinnaur district and 25.6 degrees in Manali.
The Met official said that precipitation occurred at a few places since Saturday, but there was no change in the minimum and maximum temperatures.
“The monsoon, which became subdued in the region on August 17, will remain dormant till the end of this month,” said the official.
He said that the towns of Shimla, Narkanda, Kufri, Palampur, Dalhousie and Manali recorded no rain. However, picturesque tourist resort Dharamsala received 6 mm of rain, while Jogindernagar town in Mandi recorded 4 mm of rainfall.
According to the government officials, the water levels in the Satluj, Beas and Yamuna rivers and their tributaries, which were in spate in Kinnaur, Shimla, Kullu, Mandi, Bilaspur and Sirmaur districts, had receded.