The south-west monsoon has advanced into several parts of Punjab and Haryana, bringing heavy showers in the region in the past 24 hours.
The monsoon has advanced into several parts of Punjab and Haryana and conditions are favourable for its further advancement into remaining parts of the two states during the next two days, said a Met Department official.
Heavy showers lashed many places in Haryana including Jind (100 mm), Narwana and Chhachrauli (90 mm each), Uchana (8 mm), Jagadhri, Hisar, Narnaul 70 mm each, Mahendergarh, Morni, Bilaspur 60 mm each, Narnaul 50 mm, Sirsa, Tosham, Hansi, Dabwali 40 mm each, Fatehabad, Rania, Asandh, loharu, Bhiwani, 30 mm each, Rohtak had 20 mm, Ambala 10 mm and Panchkula was lashed by 9 mm of rains, said the Met official.
In Punjab, Nabha and Muktsar were lashed by heavy rains at 60 mm each, Tarn Taran got 50 mm, Samrala 40 mm, ludhiana, Sunam, Talwandi Sabo 30 mm each, Faridkot, Balachaur, Moga, Amritsar, Jagraon and Derabassi had 20 mm each while Nakodar, Nawanshahr, Sangrur, Patiala, Ropar, Mansa, Rajpura and Mohali got 10 mm each.
After the rains, both maximum and minimum
temperatures also dropped by a few notches.
Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana recorded maximum temperature at 32.5 degree Celsius, three notches down the normal.
In Haryana, Ambala settled at maximum of 30.7 degrees, five notches below normal while Hisar recorded 30.1 degrees Celsius and Narnaul saw 30 degrees Celsius, both nine notches below normal.
Amritsar in Punjab recorded 32 degrees Celsius, four degrees below normal. ludhiana saw 31.5 degrees Celsius while Patiala recorded 31.2 degrees, down by four notches from normal.
Meanwhile, after days of moderate to heavy rainfall, the monsoon will remain largely subdued in Himachal Pradesh in the coming week, as per the Met Department.
A Met official said that precipitation occurred at most places in the state. There has been no appreciable change in the minimum temperatures, while the maximum increased by four to five degrees since past 24 hours, said he.
The towns of Narkanda, Kufri, Kasauli, Shimla, Dharamsala, Palampur and Manali recorded rainfall. Nahan town in Sirmaur district adjoining Uttarakhand received 57 mm of rain, state's maximum.
"The monsoon will remain subdued till July 9 with chances of light rain at some places in Himachal," predicted the Met Department.