The festive spirit was dampened for a while as heavy rains lashed the region on Thursday bringing down the temperature levels. Accompanied by strong winds and thunder, rains lashed Chandigarh and some parts of Punjab and Haryana in last 24 hours.
Chandigarh received 11.2 mm rainfall till Thursday evening. The city recorded the minimum temperature of 13.9 degree Celsius and maximum temperature of 21.1 degree Celsius, nine notches below normal. High humidity level of 84 percent was recorded here while the minimum was recorded at 48 per cent. Due to rains, the traffic was also hit on most roads in Chandigarh and satellite townships of Panchkula and Mohali.
The Met Department has forecast party cloudy sky with a possibility of thundery development in next 24 hours in the city. “light to moderate rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at isolated places in Punjab in next 24 hours and partly cloudy sky is predicted in Haryana,” said a Met official.
Meanwhile, after Thursday’s rain several parts of Punjab and Haryana experienced sudden plunge in maximum and minimum temperature levels forcing people to bring out their woolens. In the hilly state of Himachal Pradesh, the capital Shimla was drenched by 5 mm rainfall till Thursday evening and recorded minimum temperature of 7.6 degree Celsius and maximum of 17.1 degree Celsius.