Monsoon to remain subdued in Himachal, says Met office


Shimla, Aug 14 (IANS): For almost a week most of Himachal Pradesh areas have been experiencing moderate to heavy rainfall but the monsoon will now largely remain subdued in the coming week, the weather man said on Sunday.

Precipitation occurred at a few places since Saturday, but there was no appreciable change in the minimum and maximum temperatures, the official told IANS.

The weather bureau here said the towns of Shimla, Narkanda, Kufri, Palampur, Dharamsala, Dalhousie, Nahan and Manali recorded rainfall.

Picturesque tourist resort Dharamsala received 39.2 mm of rain, the highest in the state, while it was 30 mm in Kangra, 20.5 mm in Kasauli, six mm in Manali and 3.8 mm in Nahan.

State capital Shimla recorded just 3.6 mm of rain.

He said the state recorded 72 per cent excess rainfall from August 11 to 13.

"The monsoon will remain subdued in the region from August 15 to 19, with chances of light rains," the official added.

The state capital recorded a minimum of 16.3 degrees Celsius, while it was 16.2 degrees in Dharamsala, 13.4 degrees in Kalpa in Kinnaur district and 13.8 degrees in Manali.

A government spokesperson said Satluj, Beas and Yamuna rivers and their tributaries were in spate in Kinnaur, Shimla, Kullu, Mandi, Bilaspur and Sirmaur districts.

  

Top Stories


Leave a Comment

Title: Monsoon to remain subdued in Himachal, says Met office



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.