Shimla, Nov 28
The dry cold wave has intensified in the state as on Sunday the Mercury plummet to lowest level of season, minimum temperature of district headquarter of Lahaul Spiti, Keylong was recorded minus four degree Celsius, said the Met Office.
Dry and coldwave condition increased in the Himachal Pradesh as Mercury plummet to the season low on Sunday.
Keylong freezed at minus four degrees for the first time in the season and one degree below normal.
Minimum temperature of Kalpa in Kinnuar minus 0.7 degrees, Manali in Kullu 1.6 degrees, Bhuntar and Sundernagar in Mandi three degrees each, Tourist resort Kufri in Shimla and Solan 4.5 degrees, Mandi five degrees, Hamirpur and Chamba 5.2 degrees each, Dalhousie in Chamba 5.7 degrees, Palampur 6.2 this capital and Bilaspur was 6.5 degrees each,Kangra 7.7 degrees, Una eight degrees, Dharmshala in Kangra 8.2 degrees, Poanta-Sahib in Sirmaur and Jubberhati 8.5 degrees each.
The prolonged dry weather condition in the state dated the Rabi sawing in the state in the rainfed area. The Rabi crops comprising to wheat, barely, mustard, gram and pea require average 15 to 17 mm average rainfall in the winter.
The Met Office forecast mainly dry weather condition in next 24hrs
