Punjab and Haryana continued to witness hot and humid weather conditions, with the mercury hovering above normal level in both the states on Sunday. The union territory of Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, recorded mercury at 34.2 degrees Celsius.
According to the Met Department, the temperature levels were recorded upto four notches above normal in some parts of the region on Sunday.
Punjab holy city Amritsar’s maximum temperature was recorded at 34 degrees Celsius while ludhiana and Patiala recorded their maximums at 34.2 degrees and 34.4 degrees Celsius respectively
In Haryana, Ambala saw maximum temperature at 33.8 degrees Celsius and Hisar recorded 38.2 degree Celsius, three notches above from the normal. The local Met Department has forecast that days would be mainly sunny during next 72 hours and light rain /thundershowers may occur at isolated places thereafter in Haryana and Punjab,
Meanwhile, Chandigarh recorded minimum temperature at 21.7 degree Celsius, four degrees above normal. Among other places, Ambala witnessed a low of 21.2 degree Celsius, Narnaul 22 degrees, Hisar 21.7 degree Celsius, ludhiana 19.6 degree Celsius, Patiala 22.4 degrees and Amritsar recorded 21.3 degree Celsius, up by four degrees from the normal.
In neighboring Himachal, Shimla, situated at an altitude of 2,130 metres, recorded maximum temperature at 24 degree Celsius, above four degrees from normal level.