After days of pleasant weather, the hills of Himachal Pradesh saw the mercury soar on Thursday with Shimla recording a maximum temperature of 26.8 degrees Celsius, a whopping five degrees above the previous day.
“Temperatures rose across the State despite rain and thundershowers at some places,” a Met official told IANS. Una was the hottest place with the maximum temperature touching 34.8 degrees Celsius.
Sundernagar in Mandi district recorded a maximum of 33.8 degrees, Bhuntar in Kullu district touched 32 degrees Celsius, Dharamsala in Kangra district was 27.4 degrees Celsius and Kalpa in Kinnaur district marked a high of 21.8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. Picturesque tourist towns Shimla and Manali recorded 3.6 mm and 6 mm rain, respectively.
The Met office has forecast dry weather across Himachal Pradesh till weekend.