Several other places in the state also received heavy snowfall in the past 24 hours.
Shimla:
Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh received its first snowfall in more than 15 years on Monday, dropping the temperature by 5 to 6 degrees Celsius.
According to Manmohan Singh, director of the Indian meteorological department of Himachal Pradesh, snow is falling early this year for Shimla district. “This is the first snowfall in November in over 15 years in Narkanda, Kharapathar, Kufri and dozens of villages in Shimla district. The districts of Lahaul-Spiti, Chamba and the upper reaches of Kullu and Kinnaur have already received snowfall this year, “said manager Singh, adding that the weather will be dry until November 19. “The temperature will drop further over the next 24 hours in the state.”
Several other places in the state also received heavy snowfall and heavy to moderate rains in the past 24 hours. The upper reaches of the five different districts of Kullu, Lahaul-Spiti, Chamba, Kinnaur and Shimla received fresh snowfall of 10 to 40 cm on Monday morning. Sirmaur District received the most precipitation over the past 24 hours.
Keylong in Lahaul-Spiti district recorded the lowest minimum temperature on Sunday evening at -3.0 degrees Celsius, Kalpa in Kinnaur district recorded -8 degrees Celsius, Kufri recorded 0.0 degrees Celsius, Manali a recorded 0.2 degrees Celsius, Dalhousie 0.6 degrees Celsius and Shimla recorded the minimum temperature of 3.6 degrees Celsius.
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