Intense cold wave conditions persisted in Punjab and Haryana on Sunday, with the mercury plunging several degrees below the normal level.
Karnal was the coldest place in Haryana with a minimum temperature of 1.8 degrees Celsius, five notches below the normal.
Bathinda and Adampur were the coldest in Punjab at 3.3 degrees Celsius each.
According to the Meteorological Department, dense fog is likely at isolated places till January 8 with chances of thunderstorm accompanied with hail and lightening at isolated places in Punjab and Haryana on January 6 and 7.
A Met official said that dense fog continued to prevail at several places in both Punjab and Haryana.
However, the maximum temperature is staying between 14 and 22 degrees Celsius, he said.
Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana recorded a low of 5.6 degrees Celsius while maximum temperature settled at 17.9 degree Celsius, three degrees below normal.
Among other places in Punjab, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala shivered at 4 degrees Celsius, 5.4 degrees Celsius and 7 degrees Celsius respectively. Pathankot, Halwara, Faridkot and Gurdaspur recorded minimum temperatures of 5.1 degrees Celsius, 5 degrees Celsius, 3.7 degrees Celsius and 5 degrees Celsius respectively.
In Haryana, Hisar, Ambala and Narnaul recorded lows of 4.2 degrees Celsius, 7.2 degrees Celsius and 4.9 degrees Celsius respectively.
In Rohtak, Bhiwani and Sirsa, the minimum temperatures were recorded at 6 degrees Celsius, 7.1 degrees Celsius and 5.8 degrees Celsius respectively.