There was no respite from severe cold conditions in Punjab and Haryana on Sunday as the temperature levels continued to plunge across the region after rainfall in the past 48 hours. Fog also prevailed at many parts of the region throwing the normal life out of gear. Punjab’s holy city—Amritsar was the coldest in the region and braved the chill at minimum temperature of 6 degree Celsius.
Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana saw minimum temperature at 11.2 degree Celsius and maximum temperature settled at 13 degree Celsius, eight notches below normal. In Punjab, ludhiana and Patiala recorded respective minimum temperatures at 10 degree Celsius and 10.7 degree Celsius.
Among other places, Hissar recorded minimum temperature at 7.7 degree Celsius, Karnal settled at 10.5 degrees, Ambala recorded 10.3 degree Celsius, Narnaul recorded 8 degree Celsius and Bhiwani 9.6 degrees.
A Met official said that the maximum temperature levels were recorded upto eight notches below normal in many parts of Punjab and Haryana on Sunday. The Met Department has predicted dense fog in several parts of Punjab and Haryana in next 48 hours. Cold conditions would also occur in various parts of the region.
Meanwhile, Ambala, Hissar and Karnal in Haryana recorded respective maximum temperature at 14 degree Celsius, 15.5 degree Celsius and 15 degree Celsius.
In Punjab, Amritsar recorded maximum temperature at 15.8 degree Celsius, three notches below normal. ludhiana recorded maximum at 13.8 degree Celsius, five degrees down from normal and Patiala settled at a high of 15.1 degree Celsius, down by five notches from normal.
The hilly State of Himachal Pradesh continued to shiver on Sunday after days of rain and snowfall in the higher reaches. Keylong in lahaul-Spiti district and Kalpa in Kinnaur district saw the lows of minus 9.5 and minus 3.2 degrees respectively. Both towns also recorded 4 cm and 11.6 cm snow respectively. Shimla recorded minimum temperature at 1.2 degree Celsius, two notches below normal and maximum temperature settled at 11.1.
The minimum temperature in Manali was minus 2 degrees, Bhuntar recorded 4.5 degree Celsius, Una 4 degrees, Nahan 4.4 degree Celsius, Solan 4.6 degree Celsius, Sundernagar 6.2 degree Celsius and Dharamshala 3.4 degree Celsius. The Met Office said dry weather would prevail in Himachal in the coming days.