Rain lashed many places in Punjab and Haryana causing mercury to dip by a few notches on Sunday.
Chandigarh continued to receive rain for the third consecutive day on Sunday. In Haryana, Narnaul was lashed by heavy showers while Ambala, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panchkula, Sonepat, Mahendergarh were among other places in the State to be lashed by rains, according to the MeT Department.
Mohali, Ropar, Amritsar, ludhiana, Patiala, Jalandhar and Phagwara were among other places in Punjab which were lashed by rains.
As per the MeT Department report, maximum temperatures in the region dropped by a few notches below normal levels.
After the rains, the Union Territory of Chandigarh recorded a minimum temperature of 24.8 degrees Celsius while maximum settled at 32 degrees, down by one degree from normal.
In Haryana, Ambala recorded maximum temperature at 31.5 degrees Celsius, down by two degrees while Hisar saw maximum temperature settling at 34.6 degrees Celsius. Karnal settled at a high of 30 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal.
Ambala, Hisar, Karnal, Narnaul and Bhiwani registered their minimums at 24.2, 27.2, 24, 25, and 27 degrees Celsius, respectively.
In neighboring Punjab, Amritsar recorded maximum temperature at 32.4 degrees Celsius, two degrees down the normal while the mercury dropped by two notches to settle at 31 degrees Celsius in Patiala. ludhiana’s maximum was registered at 29 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal level.
Amritsar’s minimum was 22.8 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal, while ludhiana and Patiala settled at 25.4 and 25.3 degrees Celsius, respectively.