Biting cold conditions continued to grip Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Union Territory of Chandigarh with temperature levels dropping upto four degrees below normal at several places even as mist and fog in the morning disrupted normal life in the region.
Fog continued to disrupt normal life in some parts of Punjab and Haryana on Sunday.
Haryana’s Narnaul district was the coldest place in the region and shivered at minimum temperature of 3 degrees Celsius, two degrees down the normal level. The holy city-Amritsar in Punjab settled at a low temperature of 6.2 degree Celsius.
Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana recorded minimum temperature at 10.8 degrees Celsius.
Ambala in Haryana recorded minimum temperature at 10.4 degree Celsius while Hissar settled at a low of 4.4 degree Celsius, two degrees down the normal. In Punjab, Patiala settled at minimum temperature of 8.1 degree Celsius while ludhiana saw a minimum of 8.3 degrees Celsius.
According to the Met Department, both maximum and minimum temperature levels were recorded below normal in several parts of the region leaving the populace shivering throughout the day.
Chandigarh recorded maximum temperature at 18.6 degree Celsius, down by two degrees.
Haryana’s Hisar district recorded maximum temperature at 17.7 degree Celsius, two degrees below normal.
Among other places, Ambala settled at maximum temperature of 17.3 degree Celsius, two degrees below normal, Amritsar saw 15.8 degree Celsius, three degrees below normal, ludhiana recorded 16.4 degree Celsius and Patiala saw a maximum of 17.6 degree Celsius.
According to the Met Department forecast, rain is likely to occur at isolated places in Haryana and Punjab in next 48 hours. Shallow to moderate 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 1.6 degree Celsius.
The minimum temperature in Shimla, the capital city of Himachal Pradesh settled at 4.4 degree Celsius. Among other places, Sundernagar recorded minimum temperature at 0.6 degrees Celsius, Solan 0.8 degree Celsius, Manali minus 2, Bhuntar 0.6 degrees, Kangra 5.2 degree Celsius, Una 8.2 degree Celsius, Nahan 3.9 degrees and Dharamshala 6.2 degree Celsius.