Sunny, nippy morning in Himachal

Shimla, Jan 1 (IANS) It was a sunny, yet nippy morning in Himachal Pradesh on the first day of 2015, a weather official said here on Thursday.

The Met Office said there are chances of snow and rain in the state Jan 3.

"Dry weather will continue till Jan 2. Afterwards there are chances of snow at high hills Jan 3-4," an official told IANS.

Shimla saw a low of 3.7 degrees Celsius – a slight fall from Wednesday’s 3.9 degrees.

Likewise, tourist resort Manali saw a fall in night temperature. It recorded a low of three degrees, a fall by one degree from the previous day.

The night temperature in Keylong, the headquarters of Lahaul-Spiti, was minus 9.2 degrees and in Kalpa in Kinnaur district, the minimum was minus 2.8 degrees.