Cold wave tightened its grip in Chandigarh and neighbouring States of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh with mercury plunging upto five notches below normal on Wednesday.
Punjab’s industrial city-ludhiana-was the coldest in the region, recording minimum temperature at 2.7 degree Celsius, down by four notches from normal. Hissar in Haryana braved the chill at the minimum temperature of 3.1 degree Celsius, five notches below normal.
Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana recorded minimum temperature at 5.2 degree Celsius, down by two degrees from normal and maximum temperature at 21.7 degree Celsius. The city recorded season’s lowest minimum temperature on Wednesday.
A Met official said that sharp decline in temperature level is witnessed in various parts of the region in last 24 hours. Both maximum and minimum temperature levels were settled below normal levels across the region on Wednesday.
According to the Met Department forecast, days would be mainly sunny and mist/shallow fog may occur during morning in Haryana and Punjab in next 48 hours.The Met Department has forecast overcast conditions in some parts of the region on December 12 and 13. A Met official said, “The night temperatures are likely to drop further in parts of the region in next 48 hours.”