Snowfall in Shimla, Kufri, Chail and Dalhousie has intensified the cold wave in Himachal Pradesh even as it has brought cheer in the tourism sector.
The minimum temperature in Shimla was 0.4 degree Celsius, while it was minus 1.6 degrees in Kufri and 0.1 degree in Dalhousie. About six centimetres snowfall had been recorded in Shimla.
Similarly areas near Manali had good spell of snowfall in the early hours of Saturday. The tribal districts of Lahaul and Spiti, Kinnaur and Chamba received moderate to heavy snowfall during the night and the weather remained cloudy.
The minimum temperature in Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti district was recorded at minus 5.2 degrees Celsius, the coldest in the State. Kalpa in Kinnaur district recorded a minimum of minus 3.9 degrees Celsius with 15 cm of snow.
Lower areas of the state experienced widespread rain.
The minimum temperature in Dharamsala, which received 42.2 mm rainfall, was low at 5.6 degrees Celsius. With lower hills receiving rainfall, cold wave swept across Solan, Sirmaur, Bilaspur, Hamirpur and Una districts. The Met office has forecast widespread rain and snow in the State during the next 24 hours.