Himachal continues to sizzle

Shimla May 8 (IANS) The hills of Himachal Pradesh continued to sizzle on Monday with Una recording a maximum temperature of 42.6 degrees Celsius and the state capital Shimla a high of 28.1 degrees Celsius the weatherman said. But the state may experience rain on Tuesday.

Most of the towns recorded a maximum temperature more than 4.5 notches above the average mainly due to prevailing dry weather Manmohan Singh director of the meteorological office here told IANS.

He said Shimla s maximum temperature was 4.2 notches above the average.

Sundernagar in Mandi district recorded a high of 37.9 degrees Celsius while the maximum temperature in Manali was 26 degrees Celsius Dharamsala was 33.4 degrees Celsius and Kalpa in Kinnaur district was 24.2 degrees Celsius.

The Met department said there could be light rain or thundershowers in some parts of the state on Tuesday.

--IANS
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