Shimla, February 18 The meteorological office here on Wednesday forecast light snowfall and rain in isolated areas in the mid and higher hills of Himachal Pradesh on February 23 (Monday), also predicting that the weather would remain mostly dry for the rest of the week.
Minimum temperatures are likely to fall by 2-3 degrees in the next couple of days, while maximum temperatures could witness a drop of 4-5 degrees in the next 24 hours, the MeT office said.
Dark, convective clouds overcast the sky in the state capital, Shimla, on Wednesday.
Kukumseri in the Lahaul and Spiti district experienced the coldest night, recording a minimum temperature of minus 5.9 degrees Celsius, followed by Tabo at minus 5.6 degrees Celsius, while Una recorded the highest day temperature of 38.2 degrees Celsius.
Himachal received 14.4 mm of rainfall against a normal of 60 mm in February so far, a deficit of 76 per cent, while the seasonal deficit from January 1 till date stood at 30 per cent.