The temperature levels continued to plunge across the region on Sunday.
Chandigarh, the joint capital of the two neighbouring States, Punjab and Haryana, recorded minimum temperature at 15.5 degree Celsius on Sunday.
With dip in temperature for the last one week, morning and evening hours have become chillier across the region.
A Met official said that the minimum temperature levels remained upto two notches below normal while maximum temperature levels also settled below normal level in various parts of Punjab and Haryana.
The Met official added that slight plunge in temperature levels were witnessed in many parts of the region in past 48 hours.
The Met Department has forecast light rain/thundershowers at several places during next 72 hours in Punjab and Haryana.
Meanwhile, in Haryana, Ambala recorded minimum temperature at 16.4 degree Celsius, Hissar settled at 14.4 degrees, Narnual 13.5 degree Celsius, two degrees below normal.
The holy city-Amritsar in Punjab recorded minimum temperature at 12.8 degree Celsius, ludhiana 13.6 degrees, one degree below normal and Patiala settled at 15.7 degree Celsius.
The maximum temperature recorded was 30 degrees in Chandigarh, 29 degree Celsius in Ambala, 30.3 degrees in Hissar, 29.3 degree Celsius in Amritsar, 28.4 degree Celsius in ludhiana and 29.8 degrees in Patiala.
Meanwhile, hills of Himachal Pradesh experienced cold weather conditions. Kalpa, some 250 to the northeast from Shimla, in Kinnaur district was the coldest place in the state with minimum temperature recorded at 4.4 degrees Celsius.
The minimum temperature in Himachal’s capital city -Shimla was recorded at 9.5 degree Celsius. Among other places, Manali saw minimum temperature at 5.2 degrees Celsius, Nahan recorded 15.5 degrees, Bhuntar settled at 10.9 degrees, Solan 9.2 degree Celsius, Sundernagar 10.3 degrees, Solan 9.2 degrees, Una 8.4 degree Celsius and Kangra 11.2 degree celsius.