With monsoon playing truant in the plains of Punjab and Haryana, hot weather conditions prevailed at most places in the two States on Saturday.
Hisar in Haryana sizzled at a high of 40°C, up three notches from normal. Bhiwani, too, experienced a hot day at 39.8°C, up three notches while Narnaul braved the hot weather at 38°C. Ambala and Karnal also recorded above normal maximum temperatures at 36.2°C and 35.4°C, respectively.
Sultry weather prevailed in Chandigarh at 36°C, up two notches.
In Punjab, Patiala had a hot day at 37.6°C, up five notches while ludhiana’s maximum settled at 36.5°C, up two degrees than normal. Amritsar’s maximum settled at 35.2°C.