The cold wave continued to sweep Chandigarh and its neighbouring States of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh on Sunday.
Narnaul in Haryana was the coldest in the region and recorded minimum temperature at 1.6 degree Celsius, four notches below normal.The Union Territory of Chandigarh witnessed minimum temperature at 7.4 degree Celsius while the maximum temperature recorded was 13.1 degree Celsius, eight degrees down from normal level.Dense fog continued to disrupt normal life in many parts of Punjab and Haryana on Sunday. According to the Met Department, days would be partly cloudy in Haryana and Punjab in next 24 hours. Dense fog would occur at many places in the region during next 48 hours, said a Met official.
The Met official added that temperature levels recorded in the region remained upto 11 notches below normal in some parts on Sunday.Among other places, Ambala recorded minimum temperature at 6 degree Celsius, Bhiwani 5 degrees, Karnal 5 degree celsius and Hissar recorded 1.8 degree Celsius, five degree down from normal level. Meanwhile, Punjab’s holy city Amritsar recorded minimum temperature at 3.8 degree Celsius, the industrial city of ludhiana settled at minimum temperature of 6.5 degrees while Patiala recorded a low of 6.2 degrees Celsius.
In Haryana, Hissar recorded maximum temperature at 12.3 degrees, 11 notches below normal while Amritsar in Punjab settled at a high of 13.4 degree Celsius, ten degrees below normal. Meanwhile, the tourist resorts in Himachal Pradesh may experience more snow and rain but the state capital Shimla saw a sunny day on Sunday with the minimum temperature at 5.3 degrees Celsius.The Met official said chances of snow in and around Shimla and Manali are high.
Keylong in lahaul-Spiti district was the coldest in the state with a low of minus 7 degrees Celsius. Kalpa in Kinnaur district recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1.6 degrees Celsius, while the temperature was minus 3 degrees in Manali and 4.8 degrees in Dharamsala.However, the maximum temperature in Shimla, Kalpa and Dharamsala towns was 14 degrees, 5.8 degrees and 14.2 degrees Celsius, respectively.