After weeks of dry spell, some parts of Punjab and Haryana recorded light rainfall on Thursday. According to the Met department, Ambala in Haryana and Patiala, Amritsar among other places in Punjab recorded light rainfall in last 24 hours.
A Met official said that the temperature levels has witnessed slight plunge after cloudy conditions and light rain in some parts of the region in past 24 hours.
light to moderate rain/thundershowers may occur at isolated places in Haryana and Punjab in next one day. The weather would be mainly dry till August 31 and rain/thundershowers may occur at some places in both neighbouring States thereafter, he said.
The Met official informed that so far, Chandigarh has recorded rainfall deficit of 64 percent, Punjab 65 percent and Haryana 66 percent from June 1 to August 28 during monsoon this year.
Meanwhile, the union territory of Chandigarh recorded a maximum temperature of 35.4 degree Celsius, three degrees above normal and minimum of 27.2 degree Celsius, up by four notches from normal on Thursday. The city recorded high humidity level of 97 percent.
In Himachal, Shimla recorded a high of 24.6 degrees Celsius, four degrees above normal; Dharamsala 27.2 degrees and Kalpa in Kinnaur district settled at 21.2 degrees Celsius.