Record breaking cold in Shimla

With night temperature registering below 0°C during the last few days, the weather in Shimla has turned severe. The summer capital of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla is reeling under a record low minimum temperature compared to last five years. Shimla has not seen minimum temperatures dropping below zero °C in the last five years during the first few days of January. Skymet expects these severe cold conditions to continue over Shimla for next one week with minimums dropping further.

Snowfall and rain is expected over Shimla from January 4 onwards which will continue for another 24 hours thereafter. The minimum temperature in Shimla is around -2°C. It may rise a bit or remain stagnant during the next two days due to the stay of Western Disturbance only to find more severe cold conditions to return on January 6.

The minimum temperature will again drop below 0°C around January 6 as northerly winds will be more cold. Such conditions may prevail till another Western Disturbance does not appear in Jammu & Kashmir to stop the northerlies.

The minimum temperatures on January 2 in 2007 was 3°C, in 2008 it was 3.5°C. It was around 4°C in 2009 and 2010. The minimum temperature on January 2 in 2011 was 1°C while it was 4 °C in 2012.

 

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