Moderate to heavy rains lashed most places in Punjab and Haryana in last 24 hours with temperature levels settling up to eight notches below normal limits.
Several places in Punjab, including Ropar, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Phagwara, ludhiana and Patiala, received moderate to heavy showers until Friday morning while most places in Haryana, including Ambala, Faridabad, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Yamunanagar, were lashed by rains.
The sky was partly cloudy in Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, which received moderate rains in the last two days.
Moderate to heavy rains lashed most places in Haryana and Punjab in last two days, said Director, Met Department, Surender Pal.
He said that the monsoon is expected to arrive in next 48 hours in Punjab and Haryana.
Chandigarh recorded maximum temperature at 31.5 degrees Celsius, seven notches below the normal.
In Haryana, Karnal recorded 15 mm rainfall, Hisar 4 mm till on Friday. After receiving light rain, Karnal settled at maximum temperature of 28.2 degrees Celsius, eight notches below normal while Ambala’s maximum temperature dropped by five notches against the normal to settle at 31.9 degrees Celsius.
Hisar recorded a high of 34.5 degrees Celsius, five notches below the normal.
In Punjab, the maximum temperature dropped by five degrees in Amritsar which settled at 32.7 degrees Celsius.
The maximum temperature in ludhiana and Patiala was recorded at 30.3 degrees Celsius and 31.2 degrees Celsius, each six notches below the normal.
Meanwhile, the minimum temperature was settled at 26 degrees in Chandigarh, 25.1 degrees in Ambala, 25 degree Celsius in Hisar, 23.2 degrees in Amritsar, 23 degrees in Karnal, 25.4 degrees in ludhiana and 26.1 degree Celsius in Patiala.