Bone-chilling conditions across the region left the populace shivering on Monday as temperature continued to plunge below normal levels.
Hisar in Haryana was the coldest in the region and braved the chill at the minimum temperature of minus 2.10 Celsius, seven degrees below normal. The holy city of Amritsar recorded minimum temperature of 0.30Celsius, three notches below normal on Monday.
Chandigarh recorded minimum temperature of 3.7 0Celsius, one degree below normal and a maximum of 18.7 0Celsius, one degree below
normal. The mercury continued to plummet in the region by upto five 0 Celsius below normal at several places. Due to dense fog at many places, the rail and road traffic was also affected across the region.
The Met Department has forecast that dense fog with visibility less than 200 meter would occur at few places in the region.
“Days would be mainly sunny in Haryana and Punjab during next 24 hours and partly cloudy thereafter. And, dense fog would occur at many places in Haryana and Punjab, predicted the Met Department.
Among other places, Ambala recorded a minimum temperature of 6.10 Celsius, Bhiwani 2.6 0 Celsius, Karnal 2 0 Celsius, Narnaul 4.5 0 Celsius.
Patiala and ludhiana in Punjab recorded minimum temperature of 4.3 0 Celsius and 4.7 0 Celsius respectively. The respective maximum temperature in Patiala and ludhiana was 18.20 Celsius and 18.4 0 Celsius.
In the hilly state of Himachal Pradesh, capital city - Shimla recorded a minimum temperature at 0.40 Celsius, three degrees below normal.