The cold wave conditions further intensified across the region on Tuesday with mercury settling upto six notches below normal in some parts of Punjab and Haryana.
Punjab’s holy city —Amritsar was the coldest in the region and braved the chill at minimum temperature of 3 degree Celsius, down by one degree from normal. In Haryana, people of Narnaul shivered throughout the day with minimum temperature settling at 4 degrees, three notches below normal.
Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana saw minimum temperature at 7.6 degree Celsius and maximum temperature settled at 19 degree Celsius, three notches below normal. In Punjab, ludhiana and Patiala recorded respective minimum temperatures at 9.3 degree Celsius and 9.6 degree Celsius.
Among other places, Hissar recorded minimum temperature at 5.8 degree Celsius, two notches below normal; Karnal settled at 8.5 degrees, Ambala recorded 8.5 degree Celsius and Bhiwani 8 degrees.
A Met official said that the minimum temperature levels were recorded below normal in many parts of Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday. Maximum temperature levels also continued to plunge, settling upto six degrees below normal in various parts of the region.
The Met Department has predicted mist or shallow fog would occur in the morning and at night in several parts of Punjab and Haryana in next 48 hours. Days would be mainly sunny in parts of the region during next 48 hours and partly cloudy conditions would be witnessed thereafter, said the Met official.
Meanwhile, Ambala, Bhiwani, Hissar and Narnaul in Haryana recorded respective maximum temperature at 18.4 degree Celsius, 18.2 degree Celsius, 19.7 degree Celsius and 18 degree Celsius.
In Punjab, Amritsar recorded maximum temperature at 18.2 degree Celsius, four notches below normal. ludhiana recorded maximum at 18.8 degree Celsius, two degrees down from normal and Patiala settled at a high of 19 degree Celsius, down by three notches from normal.
In neighboring Himachal Pradesh, its capital - Shimla recorded minimum temperature at 0.7 degree Celsius, three notches below normal and maximum temperature settled at 5.2 degrees, down by seven degrees from normal level.
The minimum temperature in Manali was minus 4.2 degrees, Bhuntar recorded 0.2 degree Celsius, Kalpa minus 3.8 degrees, Una 2.5 degrees, Nahan 3.3 degree Celsius, Solan 2.5 degree Celsius, Sundernagar 1.5 degree Celsius and Dharamshala 3.8 degree Celsius.