People in the region received slight respite from biting cold wave conditions as the minimum temperature rose by a few notches even as some cities in Punjab and Haryana received light showers on Monday.
Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a minimum temperature of 11.4 degrees Celsius, which was five notches above normal. The city recorded light rain of 2.7 mm. Narnaul in Haryana recorded minimum temperature at 6.4 degree Celsius, two notches above normal. Ambala, which received light showers, recorded a low of 11.7 degrees Celsius, up five notches against normal, Hisar settled at 9.4 degrees and Karnal recorded 9.8 degrees, three notches above normal.
In Punjab, Amritsar, which was lashed by moderate rains (8.9 mm), recorded a low of 7.4 degrees Celsius, up four degrees against normal. ludhiana and Patiala, too received light rain, and the respective above normal minimum temperature at the two places was recorded at 9.7 degrees Celsius and 10.6 degrees Celsius.
Among other places in the two states which received rain included Bathinda, Gurdaspur, Nawanshahr, Pathankot, Faridkot, Adampur and Halwara in Punjab, and Panchkula, Jind, Kaithal, Sirsa in Haryana. The Met Department has predicted light rain at isolated places during next 24 hours in Haryana and Punjab and weather is likely to be dry thereafter in both States. Dense fog is also predicted at isolated places in the two states during next three days.