Mercury slid to sub-zero level in the region on Wednesday with Punjab’s holy city — Amritsar shivering at a minimum temperature of minus 1 degree Celsius, six notches below normal. The Union Territory of Chandigarh also experienced severe cold conditions with minimum temperature settling at 7.7 degree Celsius and maximum temperature was 16.3 degree Celsius, four notches below normal.
Meanwhile, dense fog reduced visibility at several places in Punjab and Haryana. The minimum temperatures in the region hovered between two to six notches below normal on Wednesday. In Punjab, ludhiana settled at a low of 7 degree Celsius while Patiala recorded minimum of 7.45 degree Celsius.
Among other places, Karnal in Haryana settled at a minimum temperature of 6.6 degrees Celsius, Narnaul witness a low of 6 degrees, Bhiwani recorded 6.8 degree Celsius, Ambala settled at a low of 7.3 degree, Hissar 6.3 degree Celsius.
The Met Department has forecast that cold wave conditions would continue in some parts of Haryana and Punjab during next 48 hours. Days would be partly cloudy in both the states in next 48 hours. Also, dense fog is expected to reduce visibility less than 200 metres in some parts of the neighboring states, predicts Met Department. In the neighboring State of Himachal Pradesh, capital city Shimla recorded minimum temperature at 1.2 degree Celsius.