Shimla has recorded the warmest December in the past eight years and the second 'hottest' since 1918, a Met official said here yesterday.
"The average minimum temperature of the town in this month earlier was 8.3 degrees Celsius in 2008. The average minimum recorded here was 8.6 degrees Celsius during December this year," said Manmohan Singh, director of the Meteorological Office. Prior to that, the monthly highest minimum temperature in Shimla was 7.7 degrees Celsius in 1918, he added.
