A thick blanket of fog affected normal life at several places in Haryana and Punjab on Monday morning, even as minimum temperatures hovered well above normal levels at most places.
“Fog reduced visibility at several places including Amritsar, ludhiana, Patiala, Jalandhar, Ambala, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Panipat, Faridabad, Gurugram and other places,” according to the Met Department.
Visibility was reduced due to foggy weather in Chandigarh as well early in the morning.
Normal movement of vehicular traffic was also affected at many places in the two neighboring States due to fog while several trains were reported running late due to reduced visibility caused by the foggy weather.
The Met Department has predicted dense fog at isolated places in Haryana and Punjab during next two days.
Meanwhile, the minimum temperature levels were recorded upto eight notches above normal at few places in the two states.
Narnaul in Haryana recorded minimum temperature at 9 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal on Monday. Punjab’s holy city, Amritsar settled at minimum temperature of 12.8 degree Celsius, up by eight degrees from normal level.
The Union Territory of Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana recorded minimum temperature at 9.9 degrees Celsius.
In Punjab, ludhiana settled at minimum of 12 degree Celsius while Patiala saw a low of 11.6 degree Celsius.
Among other places, Haryana’s Karnal district recorded minimum temperature at 10.2 degree Celsius, Ambala saw 11.9 degrees and Hissar settled at a minimum of 12.2 degree Celsius.
Both ludhiana and Amritsar recorded maximum temperature below normal levels. Amritsar settled at maximum temperature of 15.4 degrees, down by six notches while ludhiana recorded 17.6 degree Celsius, four notches down the normal.
Chandigarh recorded maximum temperature at 27 degree Celsius. Haryana’s Ambala district recorded 21.7 degrees and Hisar settled at 24.5 degree Celsius. In neighboring Punjab, Patiala saw a maximum of 21.7 degree Celsius.
The hilly state of Himachal Pradesh experienced cold conditions with Kalpa settling at a low of 1 degree Celsius. Among other places, Manali shivered at 1.6 degrees, Bhuntar recorded 2.8 degree Celsius, Sundernagar saw 5 degrees Celsius, Shimla 5.9 degree Celsius and Una saw a low of 7.5 degree Celsius.