There was no let up in biting cold wave sweeping several parts of Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday.
The minimum temperatures hovered near the normal level mark at most places in the two states, but the maximum temperatures plummeted by up to seven notches below normal.
A thick blanket of fog also engulfed most places in both the states, affecting normal life on Tuesday.
Punjab’s Amritsar district was the coldest in the region recording minimum temperature at 3.2 degree Celsius. Narnaul in Haryana settled at a low temperature of 6.5 degree Celsius.
Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana recorded minimum temperature at 7 degree Celsius while maximum temperature settled at 15.7 degree Celsius, down by five notches from normal.
Among other places, Ambala settled at minimum temperature of 7.5 degree Celsius, Hisar 7.8 degrees, ludhiana 7.6 degree Celsius and Patiala 7.9 degrees.
According to the Met Department forecast, days are likely to be partly cloudy during next 12 hours and mainly sunny thereafter in Haryana and Punjab. Dense to very dense fog is very likely at isolated places during next 48 hours in both the states.
Meanwhile, Ambala in Haryana recorded maximum temperature at 12 degree Celsius, eight notches below normal. Hisar and Narnaul settled at maximum of 14.6 degree Celsius, five degrees below normal and 12 degree Celsius, down by eight degrees, respectively.
In Punjab, Amritsar recorded maximum temperature at 14.8 degree Celsius, four notches down the normal level while ludhiana and Patiala recorded respective highs of 13.7 degrees and 13 degree Celsius.