The region continued to sizzle under severe heat wave with no let up in temperature levels across Punjab and Haryana.
Hisar in Haryana recorded the highest maximum temperature at 45 degree Celsius, five notches above normal on Thursday. The joint capital of Punjab and Haryana-Chandigarh recorded a maximum temperature of 41.5 degree Celsius, four notches below normal and minimum of 23.4 degree Celsius. The local Meteorological department has forecast thunderstorms with possibility of light rain at isolated places in the two States during the next two days. The Met department has also issued a warning that thundersqualls with wind speed exceeding 45 kilometres per hour may occur at isolated places in Haryana and Punjab on May 3. In Haryana, Bhiwani sizzled with the sun beating down since morning and the day temperature hovered at 43.4 degrees Celsius, three notches above than normal. Sweltering heat also swept across Karnal at 43 degrees Celsius, up five notches while Ambala, had a hot day at 42.1 degrees Celsius, four notches above the normal. In Punjab, Patiala sizzled at 42.6 degrees Celsius, up five degrees. People of Amritsar and ludhiana braved the hot weather recording respective maximum temperature of 42.8 degrees Celsius and 42.5 degrees Celsius, up by six notches each. Himachal Pradesh’s capital city Shimla recorded a maximum temperature of 27.9 degree Celsius, seven notches above normal and minimum of 18 degree Celsius, five notches above normal.