Severe cold conditions continued unabated in the region with minimum temperature levels settling below normal in parts of Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday.
Punjab’s holy city, Amritsar was the coldest place in the region settling at minimum temperature of 2.6 degree Celsius, down by two notches from normal. Haryana’s Karnal district shivered at minimum temperature of 5 degree Celsius, down by three notches from normal level.
The union territory of Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana recorded minimum temperature at 7.1 degrees Celsius.
In Punjab, Patiala faced cold conditions at minimum temperature of 4.6 degree Celsius, two degrees below normal while ludhiana saw a minimum of 5.4 degrees Celsius, three degrees below normal.
Among other places, Ambala in Haryana recorded minimum temperature at 5.8 degree Celsius, Hissar settled at a low of 7.4 degree Celsius and Narnaul recorded 8 degree Celsius.
Meanwhile, Chandigarh recorded maximum temperature at 21.2 degree Celsius on Wednesday.
Haryana’s Karnal district recorded maximum temperature at 20.2 degree Celsius while Ambala saw 20.3 degree Celsius. In neighboring Punjab, ludhiana recorded maximum temperature at 19.7 degree Celsius and Amritsar saw 20.2 degrees. Patiala saw a maximum of 20.6 degree Celsius.
According to the Met Department forecast, days are likely to be sunny during next 36 hours and rains are expected thereafter in parts of 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 3.2 degree Celsius. Among other places, Manali shivered at minus 0.6 degrees, Sundernagar recorded minimum temperature at 4.3 degrees Celsius, Solan 3 degree Celsius, Bhuntar saw a low of 2 degree Celsius and Una recorded 5.6 degree Celsius.