The hills of Himachal Pradesh saw the mercury rising on Sunday owing to prevailing dry weather but the Met office forecast rains and thundershowers by Monday.
“A western disturbance is active in region with chances of thundershowers till Monday,” said official of the meteorological office in Shimla.
According to the Met Department, Una town was the hottest in the state with a high of 38 degrees Celsius.
Dharamsala recorded a maximum temperature of 27.6 degrees Celsius, while Kalpa in Kinnaur district was hot at 22.4 degrees and Manali at 21.2 degrees Celsius.
The state capital saw a high of 26.5 degrees Celsius, whereas the minimum was 18.1 degrees.
Popular tourist resorts like Narkanda, Kufri, Kasauli, Manali, Palampur, Chamba and Dalhousie also experienced hot weather.
Meanwhile, the temperature levels were recorded above normal in neighboring states of Punjab and Haryana on Sunday.
Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana settled at maximum temperature of 37.8 degree Celsius, five notches above normal and minimum temperature was recorded at 22.5 degree Celsius, seven notches above normal.
According to Chandigarh Meteorological Department, temperature levels were recorded upto eight notches above normal in various parts of the region. The Met Department has forecast rain and thundershowers in next three days in various parts of Punjab and Haryana.
In Haryana, Hissar settled at a high of 38.9 degree Celsius and Ambala recorded maximum temperature at 37.9 degrees celsius. Narnaul saw maximum temperature at 37.7 degree Celsius, four degrees above normal.
Punjab’s holy city Amritsar recorded maximum temperature at 36.8 degree Celsius, ludhiana saw 37.2 degree Celsius and Patiala settled at 36.4 degree Celsius.
The minimum temperature recorded was 23.1 degree Celsius in Ambala, 19.8 degrees in Karnal, 22.4 degrees in Hissar, 20.8 degrees in Amritsar, 23 degrees in Patiala and 23 degrees Celsius in ludhiana.