Keylong freezes at minus 12.9 degrees
By IANSSunday, January 2, 2011
SHIMLA - Icy winds brought the minimum temperatures in the hills of Himachal Pradesh Sunday, with Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti district shivering at minus 12.9 degrees.
Most towns stayed at sub-zero or around below freezing point due to icy winds, the weather office here said.
Keylong had Saturday recorded minus 9.7 degrees Celsius.
Kalpa in Kinnaur district recorded minus 5.6 degrees. It was minus 0.3 degrees, 3.1 degrees and minus 1.3 degrees in Bhuntar in Kullu, Dharamsala in Kangra district and Sundernagar in Mandi district respectively.
Shimla recorded a low of 1.7 degrees. The maximum was 14 degrees.
Weather experts said there would be no respite from the cold wave in the next few days.
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