Expect rain, storm till July 7 in Himachal: Met department

Tribune News Service

Shimla, July 3

Widespread moderate to heavy rain occurred at many places, causing a drop in the mercury and Naina Devi was the wettest with 66 mm rain.

The local MeT office has issued the yellow warning of thunderstorm and lightning at isolated places in mid and lower hills on July 4, 6 and 7 and predicted rain and thunderstorm in mid hills from July 4 to 9 and rain or snow in higher hills on July 4 and July 5 to 8.

Bangana and Bilaspur received 41 mm and 37 mm rain, followed by Berthin 35 mm, Mehere 32 mm, Jubbarhatti 27 mm, Bijahi 25 mm, Dharmsala 24 mm , Kasauli 19 mm, Shimla 18 mm, Nahan, Kandaghat, Dehra Gopipur and Shilaroo 17mm, Gaggal and Sujanpur Tihra 16 mm and Solan and Kasol 15 mm.

Minimum temperatures dropped by four to eight degrees and Narkanda was the coldest in the region with a low of 8.5 degree, followed by Keylong 8.9 degree, Kalpa 11 degree, Kufri 10.9 degree and Shimla 12.9 degree.

Una was the hottest during the day with a high of 37.8 degree, followed by Bhuntar 35.3 degree, Sundernagar 33.8 degree, Shimla 25.2 degree and Keylong 19.4 degree, seven degree below normal.

The region received 96.1 mm average rain during the monsoon season from June 1 to July 3 against the normal rainfall of 115.5 mm, a deficit of 17 per cent.