Cold wave conditions continued unabated in Haryana and neighouring Punjab with Narnaul recorded as the coldest place in the plains.
According to the Met Department, Narnaul shivered at 2 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal level. Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana recorded minimum temperature at 7.8 degrees Celsius while maximum settled at 21 degrees.
In Punjab, the holy city of Amritsar experienced a cold night with minimum temperature settling at 3.8 degrees Celsius. ludhiana, too, faced cold conditions at a low of 6 degrees, down one degree from normal while Patiala registered a minimum temperature of 6.1 degrees Celsius.
Hisar in Haryana witnessed minimum temperature at 3.2 degrees, down four notches while Karnal’s low settled at 5 degrees Celsius, down three degrees than normal. Ambala recorded minimum temperature at 7 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, the maximum temperature recorded was 18.9 degrees in Ambala, 21.2 degrees Celsius in Hisar, 19 degrees in Narnaul, 19.6 degrees Celsius in Amritsar, 20.4 degrees in ludhiana and 20.2 degrees Celsius in Patiala.
According to the Met department, days would be mainly sunny in Haryana and Punjab in next two days. Moderate to dense fog would occur at isolated placed in the two States while temperature level is likely to decline further in the next 48 hours.