Rain brings relief for Punjab, Haryana

In a relief to people from sultry weather conditions, rains lashed parts of Punjab and Haryana including Chandigarh. Chandigarh was lashed by moderate showers on Friday and it was rainy in the Union Territory today as well. In Haryana, Ambala, Karnal, Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra and Panchkula, were among other places to be lashed by rains.  Amritsar, Mohali, Patiala and Ropar in Punjab also received rains. 

According to the MeT Department here, light to moderate rain or thundershowers may occur at many places in Punjab and Haryana in 24 hours.After the rains, the union territory of Chandigarh recorded a minimum temperature of 23 degrees Celsius while maximum settled at 30.5 degrees, down by two degrees from normal.

In Haryana, Ambala recorded maximum temperature at 29.9 degrees Celsius, down by three degrees while Hisar saw maximum temperature settling at 35 degrees Celsius. Karnal settled at a high of 31.4 degree Celsius, two notches below normal.Ambala, Hisar, Karnal, Narnaul and Bhiwani registered their minimums at 22.9, 26.2, 26.3, 24.5, and 26.2 degrees Celsius, respectively.

In neighboring Punjab, Amritsar recorded maximum temperature at 33.4 degrees Celsius, one degree down the normal while the mercury dropped by three notches to settle at 30.2 degrees Celsius in Patiala. ludhiana’s maximum was registered at 30.4 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal level.

Amritsar's minimum was 20.4 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal, while ludhiana and Patiala settled at 22.9 and 23.4 degrees Celsius, respectively.