The maximum temperatures on Sunday dropped a few notches below normal across Haryana and Punjab, with Met Department predicting rain or thundershowers at isolated places over the next two days. Chandigarh, the common capital of the two States, on Sunday recorded maximum temperature at 32.7 degrees Celsius, four degrees below normal.
Ambala in Haryana registered maximum temperature of 32.9 degrees Celsius, which was five notches below normal. Hisar’s maximum temperature settled at 35 degrees Celsius, which was down five notches while Narnaul’s maximum of 34.5 degree Celsius, was four notches below normal.
In Punjab, Amritsar recorded a maximum temperature of 35.5 degree Celsius, two notches below normal. ludhiana settled at 33.6 degree Celsius and Patiala at 33.2 degree Celsius, four degrees below normal.
The local Met Department has forecast rain or thundershowers at isolated places in the two states and Chandigarh in next three days. Also, thunderstorm with squall/hails and wind speed exceeding 45 kmph may occur at isolated places in Haryana and Punjab on April 27 and 28, said the Met forecast.