Piercing cold wave conditions continued unabated in Haryana and Punjab on Monday with the lowest of 1.9 degrees Celsius recorded at Amritsar.
The minimum temperature settled below normal at several other places in the two States.
Haryana’s Narnaul district shivered at minimum temperature of 2.5 degrees Celsius, down by two notches from normal level. The Union Territory of Chandigarh, the joint Capital of Punjab and Haryana recorded minimum temperature at 5.6 degrees Celsius.
In Punjab, Patiala faced cold conditions at minimum temperature of 6.2 degrees Celsius while ludhiana saw a minimum of 4.3 degrees Celsius, three degrees below normal.
Among other places, Ambala in Haryana recorded minimum temperature at 5.6 degrees Celsius while Hissar settled at a low of 4.2 degree Celsius, two degrees below normal.
Meanwhile, Chandigarh recorded maximum temperature at 20.4 degrees Celsius, one degree below normal.
Haryana’s Hisar district recorded maximum temperature at 16.2 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal while Ambala saw 18 degrees Celsius, down by one degree from normal.
In neighbouring Punjab, ludhiana recorded maximum temperature at 15 degrees Celsius and Amritsar saw 14.8 degrees, both four notches below normal. Patiala saw a maximum of 17 degrees Celsius, down by two degrees.
According to the Met Department forecast, partly cloudy sky with possibility of rain will be witnessed in next 48 hours at isolated places in Punjab and Haryana. Dense to very dense fog would occur during morning and night in parts of both the States, predicted the Met Department.
Meanwhile, the hilly state of Himachal Pradesh also continued to reel under severe cold conditions with Kalpa settling at a low of minus 3 degree Celsius. Among other places, Manali shivered at minus 1.8 degrees, Sundernagar recorded minimum temperature at 0.9 degrees Celsius, Solan 0.8 degree Celsius, Bhuntar saw a low of 0.8 degree Celsius and Una recorded 3.8 degree Celsius.