Cold weather conditions persisted at many places in Punjab and Haryana, where the minimum temperature hovered below normal limits.
Amritsar in Punjab was the coldest place in the region recording minimum temperatures at 4.4 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal.
Chandigarh, the joint capital of Haryana and Punjab, registered minimum temperature at 7.6 degrees Celsius. Narnaul in Haryana recorded minimum temperature at 6.4 degrees Celsius. Hisar and Ambala recorded minimum temperatures at 6.8 degrees Celsius and 10.2 degrees Celsius, respectively.
In neighbouring Punjab, both Patiala and ludhiana settled at minimum temperature of 8.1 degrees Celsius, one degree below normal.
Meanwhile, Chandigarh recorded maximum temperature at 24.7 degrees Celsius. Among other places in the region, Ambala settled at maximum temperature of 24.3 degrees Celsius, Hisar recorded 24 degrees, Amritsar saw 21.2 degrees Celsius, ludhiana recorded 23 degrees Celsius and Patiala saw a maximum of 23.6 degrees Celsius.
According to the Met Department forecast, light rain is expected in parts of Haryana and Punjab in next 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the hilly state of Himachal Pradesh also continued to reel under severe cold conditions with Kalpa settling at a low of 5.4 degrees Celsius. Among other places, Sundernagar recorded minimum temperature at 2.4 degrees Celsius, Manali saw minus 3.8 degrees, Solan 2 degrees Celsius, Bhuntar saw a low of 1 degree Celsius
and Kangra recorded 5.2 degrees Celsius.