Overcast conditions were witnessed in some parts of the region on Thursday even as the maximum temperature levels plunged up to 5 degrees below normal.
Chandigarh recorded a minimum temperature of 7.2 degree Celsius, two degrees above normal while the maximum temperature recorded was 18.7 degrees, one degree below normal. In Punjab, Amritsar recorded a low of 1 degree Celsius, Patiala settled at 8.1 degree Celsius and ludhiana recorded 6.1 degree Celsius. Amritsar recorded maximum temperature of 17.2 degree Celsius, two notches below normal, while Patiala settled at the maximum temperature of 18.1 degree Celsius, one degree below normal. Among other places, the minimum temperature recorded was 6.4 degree Celsius in Ambala, 7.6 degree Celsius in Bhiwani, 5.8 degree Celsius in Hissar, 5.3 degree Celsius in Karnal and 5.6 degree Celsius in Narnual
Shimla, the capital city of the hilly state, Himachal Pradesh, recorded a minimum temperature of 0.7 degree Celsius and maximum temperature of 11.2 degree Celsius. The Met Department forecast light rain/ thundershowers in Chandigarh and in Haryana and Punjab during the next 36 hours and weather will be mainly dry. Fog/mist may occur at some places in Haryana and Punjab and dense fog may occur thereafter. \\