Cold conditions swept most parts of Haryana and Punjab on Sunday, with the minimum temperature in Narnaul settling at 2.2 degrees Celsius, five notches below the normal.
Both minimum and maximum temperature settled below normal limits in various parts of Punjab and Haryana, said a Met official.
According to the local Met Department, the minimum temperature in Hisar was recorded at 3 degrees Celsius, Karnal 5.6 degrees Celsius, Rohtak 4.6 degrees Celsius, Bhiwani 5.5 degrees Celsius, Sirsa 3.9 degrees Celsius and Ambala at 6.6 degrees Celsius.
In neighboring Punjab, Adampur was the coldest place registering a low of 2.7 degrees Celsius.
Among other places in the state, Faridkot recorded a low of 4 degrees Celsius, Amritsar 3.6 degrees Celsius, Ludhiana 3.5 degrees Celsius, Patiala 6.8 degrees Celsius, Pathankot 5.4 degrees Celsius, Halwara 3.1 degrees Celsius, Bathinda 3.2 degrees Celsius and Gurdaspur 6.2 degrees Celsius.
Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana too experienced a cold night at 6 degrees Celsius, one degree below normal while maximum temperature settled at 18.6 degree Celsius, down by two notches from normal.
The maximum temperature recorded was 18.4 degree Celsius in Amritsar, 19.4 degrees in Ludhiana and 19.5 degrees in Patiala. In Haryana, the maximum temperature in Hisar settled at 18.5 degrees, Karnal 17 degrees, Narnaul 21.8 degrees and Ambala 18.3 degree Celsius.
The local Met Department has forecast light to moderate rainfall at isolated places in Punjab and Haryana in next 48 hours. Dense fog is also forecast in various parts of the two states in next 48 hours.
Meanwhile, in the hill state of Himachal, its capital-Shimla recorded a minimum temperature of minus 0.8 degree Celsius, four notches below normal.
The minimum temperature in Kinnaur's Kalpa was minus 6.4 degrees Celsius, followed by Manali in Kullu district at minus 4.6 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal. Sundernagar recorded a low of minus 0.6 degrees Celsius, Bhuntar settled at a low of minus 0.5 degrees, Solan 1.5 degrees, Kangra 2 degrees and Dharamshala recorded 2.4 degree Celsius.