SHIMLA: Icy winds sweep across Himachal Pradesh with temperatures outstanding below the freezing point in most places, a weather official said. Keylong was the coldest in Himachal Pradesh at a low of minus 17 degree Celsius.
"It was cloudy after a day of sunshine in the state. There was no rain or snow in the state in the past 24 hours," an India Meteorological subdivision (IMD) official in Shimla told news agency IANS.
Areas near Shimla like Kufri and Narkanda and popular tourist resorts of Manali and Dalhousie are also under a thick cover of snow. Kalpa in Kinnaur district saw a low of minus 5.2 degrees, while the minimum temperature was minus five degrees in Manali, minus 4.2 degrees in Kufri, minus 1.5 degrees in Dalhousie, 0.5 degrees in Palampur and 0.6 degrees Celsius in Dharamsala.
The minimum temperature was minus 0.2 degrees in Shimla, which last saw snowstorm on Friday.
Snow could be seen in certain areas of Shimla like the Mall Road, the Ridge, the US Club, and Jakhu hills.
The Met Office said the western disturbance would be active in the region from January 29 onwards, bringing more snow and rain.