Tourist spots Kufri and Manali in Himachal Pradesh witnessed a fresh bout of snowfall on Thursday even as cold wave tightened its grip across the state Thursday, the meteorological department said.
Kufri in Shimla district received 5 cm snowfall, while Manali in Kullu district witnessed 3 cm snowfall from 5.30 pm on Wednesday to 8.30 am on Thursday, said Manmohan Singh, Director MeT centre Shimla.
Kalpa in tribal Kinnaur district received 6.4 cm snowfall, while Lahaul and Spiti’s administrative centre Keylong received 5 cm snowfall and continued to be the coldest place in the state at minus 15 degrees Celsius, he said.
The minimum temperature recorded in Kalpa was minus 6.8 degrees Celsius, . In Dalhousie, which witnessed snowfall on Wednesday, the temperature dropped to minus 0.2 degree Celsius. The state capital received light rain and recorded a low of 3.8 degrees Celsius, he added.
The minimum temperature in Kufri was minus 1 degree Celsius, followed by Dalhousie minus 0.2 degree Celsius and Manali 0 degree Celsius. The MeT has forecast heavy rain and snowfall in the high and mid-hills and thundershowers in the low-hills and plains of the state till February 1 and again on February 4 and 5.