Heralding the end of the Winters and cold conditions, minimum temperatures stayed above normal in most parts of Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday.
Chandigarh registered a low of 12.3 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal, a MeT department official said.
Amritsar recorded a low of 10.5 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal while ludhiana and Patiala recorded minimums at 10.1 degrees and 12.2 degrees Celsius respectively.
In Haryana, Ambala recorded minimum at 13.5 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal while Hisar and Karnal recorded 12.8 degrees and 13.4 degrees Celsius respectively, up to three notches above normal. Karnal even recorded 0.3 mm of rainfall.
Himachal Pradesh witnessed a marginal rise in mercury in most of its parts even as cold wave conditions persisted in tribal areas and higher hills where mercury stayed below the normal.
The temperature stayed below 10 to 15 degrees below the freezing point in high altitude tribal areas and high mountains, the weather department said.
State capital Shimla recorded a minimum of 7.3 degrees
Celsius and a maximum of 16.8 degrees Celsius.