The city had last seen a minimum temperature of 14.2 degrees Celsius on February 23, 2015.
Himachal Pradesh:Shimla, The capital city of Himachal Pradesh had experienced February’s warmest night with minimum temperature at 14.4 degrees which is eleven degrees above normal, according to the local Met department.
The minimum temperatures in major cities of the neighbouring states of Himachal was also lower than Shimla. Chandigarh recorded a low of 11.8 degrees Celsius, Dehradun 11.1 degrees Celsius, Jammu 11.3 degrees Celsius, Patiala 12.3 degrees Celsius, Ambala 12.8 degrees Celsius and Jaipur 14.3 degrees Celsius.
Other cities in Himachal also saw rise in temperature – Kalpa recorded a maximum temperature of 17.6 degrees Celsius while Keylong 7.2 degrees Celsius while the key tourist resorts of Kufri, Narkanda recorded the day temperature of 17.1 degrees Celsius, 17.4 degrees Celsius. respectively.
While the mercury crossed 30-degree mark in the state, Una was the hottest during the day recording a maximum of 30.4° C on Saturday.
The local Met office has predicted rain and snow at isolated places in mid and high hills till 21 February. Not just this, the national capital Delhi also on Friday logged the hottest February day in the last two years, clocking 29.8 degrees Celsius
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has also predicted that a Western Disturbance as a trough in lower and middle tropospheric westerlies runs roughly along Long. 54°E and north of Lat. 32°N. It is likely to affect the western Himalayan region from today, 19th February.
