Punjab and Haryana braved cold weather conditions on Saturday, with the Met Department recording Adampur the coldest place in the region at 3 degrees Celsius.
Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, recorded minimum temperature at 6.8 degrees Celsius.
In Haryana, Narnaul recorded a low of 4.6 degree Celsius, two notches below normal. Hisar and Karnal recorded the minimum temperature at 7 and 6.4 degrees Celsius respectively. Ambala and Bhiwani recorded respective minimum temperatures at 8.3 degrees and 7.3 degrees. Among other places in Punjab, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala braved cold weather at 5.6 degrees, 7.9 degrees and 8.6 degrees, respectively.
Fog reduced visibility at several places, including in Ludhiana, Hisar and Bhiwani, a Met official said.
The maximum temperature recorded was 21.4 degrees in Amritsar, 22.6 degrees in Ludhiana, 22.1 degrees in Patiala, 22.3 degrees in Chandigarh, 21 degrees in Ambala, 19.5 degrees in Narnaul and 20.6 degrees in Karnal. The Met Department has forecast dense fog at isolated places on December 16 and 17 in Punjab and Haryana.