Una sizzles at 44.5 Celcius, highest of season

Una sizzled at 44.5 Celcius, broke the highest temperature in past ten years, the Met Office said. Spokesperson of Shimla Met Office said that Una was highest 45.2 degrees on May 31 2012 and May 13, 2013. She said that Una was 44.5 degree Celsius on Monday which is highest in past fone decades years. Una was also highest at 44 Celsius Sunday. Mercury was four to five degrees above normal as it was 42 at Bilaspur, near 40.5 in Kangra and Hamirpur, Chamba and Sundernagar 38, Dharmshala and Solan 35, Dalhousie (Chamba) 26.8, Kalpa(Kinnaur) 24, Kufri 18 and Keylong(Lahaul-Spiti 16.4. Light rain showers lashed few parts of Solan and Shimla as windstorm with speed of 30 to 40 km per hour hit this afternoon giving respite from the heatwave.