Punjab and Haryana continued to reel under intense cold wave conditions even as dense fog and mist at several places disrupted road, rail and air traffic in the region on Thursday.
According to the Met Department, several places like Hisar, Amritsar, ludhiana and Patiala witnessed foggy conditions.
Amritsar in Punjab was the coldest in the region settling at minimum temperature of 3.6 degrees Celsius. Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana witnessed a low of 4.2 degree Celsius, two notches down the normal level.
In Haryana, Karnal and Narnaul recorded their respective minimum temperatures at 4.2 and 4.5 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal. Ambala witnessed a low of 5.1 degrees Celsius while Hisar witnessed piercing cold at 5.8 degrees.
ludhiana, the industrial hub of Punjab recorded 6.7 degree Celsius and Patiala shivered 4.4 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal.
The maximum temperature at many places in the two states also settled below normal levels. Amritsar recorded maximum temperature at 17.8 degrees Celsius, ludhiana recorded 18.8 degree Celsius, Patiala 18.6 degrees, Chandigarh settled at 18.7 degrees, Ambala 19 degrees and Karnal settled at maximum temperature of 18.8 degree Celsius.
The Met Department has forecast dense fog at a few places during next 12 hours in Haryana and Punjab while cold conditions are also likely to intensify in both states in next two days.