The MeT department has predicted rain or thundershowers at a few places in Haryana and Punjab over the next two days even as maximum temperatures on Saturday stayed around normal level in most parts of the two northern States.
UT Chandigarh, joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, recorded a maximum temperature of 36.8 degrees Celsius, a MeT Department report said here. In Haryana, Ambala and Hisar registered maximum temperature of 36.7 and 36.8 degrees Celsius respectively while Karnal and Narnaul recorded identical temperature of 36 degrees Celsius.
Among other places in Punjab, Amritsar recorded a high of 36.5 degrees Celsius while ludhiana and Patiala witnessed maximum of 36.1 degrees Celsius and 37.1 degrees Celsius, up to two degrees above normal.
The hills of Himachal Pradesh may experience heavy rainfall next week, a weather official said.
“Most of the areas in the state are likely to experience heavy spells of rainfall on July 10 and 11,” an official at the meteorological office said.
He said the monsoon, which was undergoing a lull in the region for over a week, would be active again.
The tourist towns of Shimla, Narkanda, Kufri, Kalpa, Kasauli, Chamba, Dharamsala, Palampur and Manali might get heavy rain in the next few days.
Nagrota Suriyan in Kangra district has experienced the maximum rainfall of 13mm in the state.