Chandigarh

Max temperatures hover close to normal in Pb, Hry

Pioneer News Service

The maximum temperatures hovered close to normal limits at most places in Punjab and Haryana, including Chandigarh on Sunday.

However, high humidity levels in both states made the people sweat all day long.

Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a maximum temperature of 36.3 degrees Celsius,

In Haryana, Ambala recorded a high of 36.9 degrees Celsius while Narnaul recorded a high of 35.4 degrees Celsius. Bhiwani registered a maximum temperature of 36.5 degrees Celsius while Hisar's maximum temperature settled at 37 degrees Celsius.

In neighboring Punjab, ludhiana and Patiala recorded maximum temperatures of 35.5 degrees Celsius and 37.6 degrees Celsius, respectively. Amritsar's maximum temperature settled at 36.3 degrees Celsius.

Rain or thundershowers are likely at isolated places in Haryana and Punjab over the next two days, according to the Met Department, which has also issued heavy rain warning for isolated places in the two states during the period.

Meanwhile, hills of Himachal Pradesh are also likely to experience rainfall in the next one day with chances of heavy spells in low and mid hills.

"The low and mid hills are likely to experience heavy spells of rainfall by Monday," said an official at the Meteorological Department.

The monsoon would be active in the region and tourist towns of Shimla, Narkanda, Kufri, Kasauli, Chamba, Dharamsala, Palampur and Manali may get rains in the next few days, he said.

Nahan in Sirmaur district had on Saturday saw 65 mm rainfall, the highest in the state. Dharamsala and Palampur in Kangra district got 42.8 mm and 18.5 mm of rainfall respectively.

The maximum temperature in the state capital, Shimla, which saw no rain in the past 24 hours, was 23.5 degrees Celsius.