Min temperatures hover above normal limits in Punjab, Haryana

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The minimum temperatures on Sunday hovered above normal limits in Punjab and Haryana.

According to the Meteorological Department, Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a low of 9.8 degrees Celsius.

In Punjab, Amritsar recorded a low of 11 degrees Celsius while Ludhiana and Patiala recorded minimum temperatures of 9.6 and 10 degrees Celsius respectively. Among other places in the state, Adampur settled at a low of 10.4 degrees Celsius, Halwara recorded 10.6 degrees Celsius, Pathankot 10.9 degrees Celsius, Bathinda 9.8 degrees Celsius, Gurdaspur 7.8 degrees Celsius and Faridkot 11 degrees Celsius.

Ambala in Haryana recorded a low of 8.4 degrees Celsius while the minimum temperature in Hisar was 8.3 degrees Celsius. Karnal (8.6 degrees Celsius), Rohtak (9.8 degrees Celsius), Bhiwani (11.1 degrees Celsius) and Sirsa (9.5 degrees Celsius) too recorded above normal minimum temperatures.

In neighboring Himachal, the tribal Lahaul and Spiti's administrative centre Keylong continued to be the coldest place at minus 4.3 degrees Celsius. Kalpa recorded a low of minus 0.6 degrees Celsius.

 Manali, Dalhousie and Kufri registered a low of 2.6 degrees, 6.1 degrees and 5.6 degrees Celsius respectively. Shimla recorded a low of 6.9 degrees Celsius, he added.

The Met office predicted dry weather in the hill state from February 14 to 19.

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