The maximum temperature on Tuesday continued to hover above normal limits across Haryana and Punjab.
Haryana’s Narnaul settled at maximum temperature of 39.5 degree Celsius, which was three notches above normal.
Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana settled at maximum temperature of 34.6 degree Celsius. In Punjab, Patiala and ludhiana recorded respective maximum temperatures at 36.4 degrees and 35.4 degree Celsius, one degree above normal. Hisar in Haryana braved the scorching heat at a high of 39 degree Celsius, up by two notches from normal while Ambala settled at maximum of 35.7 degree Celsius. Punjab’s holy city Amritsar experienced a hot day recording maximum temperature at 35.4 degree Celsius, two degrees above normal. A Met official said that the maximum temperature remained above normal levels across the region while the minimum temperature hovered upto five degrees below normal in some parts of Punjab and Haryana.
The union territory of Chandigarh settled at minimum temperature of 16.6 degrees, which was one degree below normal.