Hot weather conditions prevailed across most parts of Punjab and Haryana with Hisar recording a maximum of 43.2 degrees Celsius in the region on Sunday. According to local Met Department, the temperature level witnessed sharp rise in past 48 hours across the region.
In Punjab, Amritsar’s maximum temperature was recorded at 41.7 degrees Celsius while ludhiana and Patiala recorded their maximums at 40.8 degrees Celsius each. The union territory Chandigarh recorded its high at 40 degrees Celsius, up by a degree above normal.
Among other places in the region, Ambala and Narnaul braved hot weather at 40.6 degrees Celsius and 41 degrees Celsius respectively.
Chandigarh recorded minimum temperature at 23.2 degrees Celsius, Hisar witnessed a low of 25.1 degrees Celsius, Narnaul 24 degrees, ludhiana 23.9 degrees Celsius, Patiala 24 degrees and Amritsar recorded 23.2 degrees Celsius.
The mercury also continued to rise across the hills of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, recording a rise of three to four degrees in the maximum temperature, which, in some areas, crossed 40 degrees Celsius.
Shimla, situated at an altitude of 2,130 metres, was warm at 26.7 degrees Celsius.
“The maximum temperature remained above average in the state due to lack of rains,” said a Met official. Una town, located on the Punjab border, was the hottest at 40.6 degrees Celsius.
Dharamsala in Kangra district recorded a high of 30.4 degrees Celsius, while it was 35.8 degrees in Sundernagar in Mandi district, 34 degrees in Bhuntar in Kullu district and 24.8 degrees in Kalpa town in Kinnaur district.
Keylong in lahaul-Spiti district recorded a low of 7.6 degrees Celsius.
The Met Department has forecast sunny conditions during next two days across the region. Rains are likely to occur after three days at isolated places in Punjab and Haryana, said the Met official.