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Shimla -2.2 degrees C

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Image on ice: The historical Christ Church being reflected on a frozen pond in a park at Shimla on Monday.

SHIMLA: Piercing cold wave conditions are prevailing in Himachal Pradesh. The capital Shimla recorded the coldest night of the winter so far at -2.2 degrees Celsius. Many local residents found the water pipes frozen on Monday morning and had to heat them up to get drinking water. The local plumbers had a field day.

The weatherman said Patseio in Lahaul Spiti district was the coldest place in the State over the weekend with the night temperature falling sharply to -24 degrees, followed by -15.9 at Keylong, the district headquarter of Lahaul Spiti, -15 at Dhundi in Kullu district, and -7 degrees at Bhang Manali.

The minimum temperature at Kalpa in Kinnaur district dropped to -11.2 degrees as compared to 8.2 degrees recorded the previous day, while Una was the coldest in the plains at 2.8 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperature at several places in the mid and lower hills of the tribal district had plummeted to -25 to -40 degrees, throwing normal life out of gear. Agencies add:

Chandigarh: Adampur reeled under piercing cold as mercury dropped to -3.6 degrees Celsius on Monday as intense chill continued to prevail in most parts of Punjab and Haryana, but the people can expect respite by Thursday. Adampur in Jalandhar recorded the coldest night of the season so far as minimum temperature dropped by eight degrees below normal. With mercury hovering close to the freezing point at many places in the region, the temperatures are likely to drop further during the next two days.

However, people can expect relief from cold wave as temperatures will rise between two to four degrees by Thursday, a Met official said here. Meanwhile, Amritsar reeled under severe cold today recording a minimum temperature of -1 degrees Celsius, which was five degrees below normal range. Ludhiana also reeled under piercing chill at 1.1 degrees Celsius, five below normal while Patiala registered a low of 2.1 C, down five degrees, the Met said.

Bright sun shine failed to warm Chandigarh residents, who experienced the chill during the night as the low settled at 4 C, two below normal.

In Haryana, Narnaul was the coldest place recording a low of 1 degrees Celsius, four below normal while Ambala also shivered under intense cold at 1.6 C, down five degrees. Karnal experienced a cold night at 2 C, five below normal while Hisar had a low of 4.8 C, down by a degree.

Jaipur: Rajasthan continued to reel under cold wave conditions where Churu was the coldest at -2 degrees Celsius. Churu was followed by Sriganganagar that recorded a minimum of -0.5 degrees Celsius, Jaipur 3.0, Udaipur 4.6, Bikaner 5.0, Dabok 5.2, Barmer 6.4, Jodhpur 6.8, Kota, Jaisalmer 7.0 and Ajmer 7.4 degrees Celsius. PTI

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