Shimla has hottest day at 29 degrees Celsius

July 14th, 2009 SHIMLA - The hills of Himachal Pradesh Tuesday saw moderate to heavy rains, which brought the temperatures across the state considerably down. "Most parts of the state witnessed moderate to heavy rain the past 24 hours, plummeting the temperatures," local meteorological office director Manmohan Singh told IANS.

July 7th, 2009 SHIMLA - The hills of Himachal Pradesh sizzled once again as there was little or no rainfall across the state in the past few days, weather officials here said Tuesday. "There was a lull in the monsoon in most parts of the hill state in the past few days.

June 25th, 2009 SHIMLA - The hills of Himachal Pradesh continued to sizzle with no respite from the heat wave, the meteorological office said here Thursday. The state capital and popular tourist destination Shimla recorded a maximum of 29.2 degrees Celsius, a little over a degree from Wednesday.

May 18th, 2009 SHIMLA - The hills of Himachal Pradesh are feeling the heat of the summer. There has been a surge in the day temperature, the meteorological office said here Monday.

May 17th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Residents of the union territory of Chandigarh and neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana continued to reel under heat wave conditions Sunday with the mercury staying above 40 degrees Celsius, the weatherman said. Hisar town in Haryana was the hottest in the region at 46.7 degrees Celsius, which was six degrees above average, meteorological officials said.

May 2nd, 2009 SHIMLA - Rain in Shimla and other parts of Himachal Pradesh Friday brought the temperature down by five degrees Celsius bringing much relief to the people from the sizzling heat, the weatherman said. "Moderate rain in Shimla and its nearby areas this (Friday) evening brought much relief from the scorching heat," director of the Shimla meteorological office Manmohan Singh told IANS.

April 29th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The northern states of Punjab and Haryana too saw the mercury soar way above normal with the city of Hisar being the hottest at 45.4 degrees Celsius, officials said. The temperature recorded at most places was above the 40-degree mark and Hisar in Haryana saw the mercury rise five degrees above normal, a weather official said here.

April 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The mercury touched 43.5 degrees Celsius in Delhi Wednesday, making it the hottest April day in the capital in the last 50 years, the Met office said. In April 1958, the mercury had touched 43.7 degrees Celsius, which still remains the hottest in Delhi for the month of April so far.

April 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Majority of Delhiites remained indoors or used protective gears, as the national capital experienced the hottest day of April in last 50 years with mercury touching 43.5 degree Celsius. Director of Indian Meteorological Department B P Yadav said the temperature on April 29 is a record for the month of April in the past 50 years.

March 2nd, 2009 SHIMLA - The minimum temperature in mid-level hills of Himachal Pradesh rose appreciably, the meteorological office here said Sunday. The state's popular tourist spot - and capital - Shimla recorded a minimum of 5 degrees Celsius in comparison to 3.3 degrees Saturday.

January 26th, 2009 SHIMLA - Tribal districts of Himachal Pradesh remained in the grip of a severe cold wave as temperatures dipped further with another spell of snowfall Tuesday, the Met Office here said. 'Keylong (the headquarters of Lahaul and Spiti district) had about one foot of snow till around this noon,' Manmohan Singh, director of the meteorological office, told IANS.

January 17th, 2009 SHIMLA - A cloudy sky Sunday once again dashed visitors' hopes of seeing snowfall in this popular tourist spot - and state capital -Shimla and tourist resort Manali in Himachal Pradesh. For the past 14 days, snow in Shimla and Manali has been eluding the locals and tourists.

January 15th, 2009 SHIMLA/CHANDIGARH - Keylong in Himachal Pradesh continued to be the coldest place in the hills, while the plains in neighbouring Punjab were lashed with rain Friday, the meteorological office said. While Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti district continued to freeze at minus 3.7 degrees Celsius, Kalpa in Kinnaur district recorded the minimum temperature of minus 0.1 degree Celsius.

January 15th, 2009 SHIMLA/CHANDIGARH - Keylong in Himachal Pradesh continued to be the coldest place in the hills, while the plains in neighbouring Punjab were lashed with rain Friday, the meteorological office said. While Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti district continued to freeze at minus 3.7 degrees Celsius, Kalpa in Kinnaur district recorded the minimum temperature of minus 0.1 degree Celsius.

December 27th, 2008 SHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh shivered under an intense cold wave as the minimum temperature in the tribal districts remained below freezing point with Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti district recording 10.7 degrees Celsius below zero, the Met Office said Sunday. Kalpa in Kinnaur district recorded minus 5.5 degrees Celsius Saturday night, while Una in mid-hills recorded 1.5 degrees C, Bhuntar in Kullu district 1.5 degrees C, and Dharamsala, the headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile, recorded 5.3 degrees Celsius.