There was no let up in biting cold wave sweeping several parts of Punjab and Haryana on Thursday. The temperature levels settled upto six degrees below normal in some parts of the region. A thick blanket of fog engulfed most places in both the States, affecting normal life on Thursday. Haryana’s Narnaul was the coldest in the region recording minimum temperature at 1.5 degree Celsius, five notches below normal.
Chandigarh recorded minimum temperature at 6.2 degree Celsius and maximum temperature at 17.5 degree Celsius, which was down by three notches from normal. In Haryana, Ambala recorded a low at 5.4 degree Celsius while the minimum temperature in Hisar was recorded at 2.1 degrees. The minimum temperatures in Karnal and Bhiwani were recorded at 2.4 and 3.8 degree Celsius respectively.
In Punjab, cold wave swept Amritsar where the minimum temperature was recorded at 2.9 degree Celsius while ludhiana and Patiala recorded respective lows of 3.9 and 4.5 degree celsius. According to the Met Department forecast, days would be mainly sunny in Punjab and Haryana in next 48 hours and dense fog would occur in both the states.
Meanwhile, in the neighboring Himachal, Shimla recorded minimum temperature at 0.6 degree Celsius and maximum temperature settled at 6.4 degrees. The minimum temperature in Manali was minus 0.4 degrees, Kalpa recorded minus 0.6 degree Celsius, Bhuntar recorded 4.3 degree Celsius, Una 4.5 degrees, Nahan 7.7 degree Celsius, Solan 3.5 degree Celsius, Sundernagar 6.2 degree Celsius and Dharamshala 3.8 degree Celsius.