People in the northern plains of Haryana and Punjab on Sunday got a respite from severe cold conditions with the minimum temperatures registering a sharp increase owing to a Western Disturbance, which also brought light rains at some places. The minimum temperature, which had been hovering in the range of 3-7 degrees at most places during the past few days, today rose to settle in the range of 8-14 degrees Celsius.
A MeT official here said that the night temperatures had gone up owing to a Western Disturbance (WD) which was active over North Pakistan and neighbourhood.
The WD also brought light rains at few places including Chandigarh, Ambala, Yamunanagar, Jagadhri, ludhiana, Patiala, Mohali and Hoshiarpur.
"However, the WD will move from our region after which the night temperatures are likely to fall again," he said.
Meanwhile, Chandigarh today recorded a minimum temperature of 13.8 deg C, seven notches above normal.
Ambala registered a low of 14.4 deg C, up six notches while Hisar's low settled at 13.7 deg C, also up by six degrees.Narnaul recorded a low of 9 deg C, up three degrees.