It was a cold and rainy Valentine’s Day for the people across the region on Friday. light to heavy showers were recorded in several parts of the region plunging the maximum temperature levels upto nine degrees below normal. Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, recorded 5.3 mm rainfall till Friday evening and recorded a maximum temperature of 14.4 degree Celsius, nine notches below normal. The city recorded minimum temperature of 11 degree Celsius.
Amritsar in Punjab was the coldest in the region shivering at minimum temperature of 3.6 degree Celsius, two notches below normal. After receiving light rain, ludhiana and Patiala settled at minimum temperature of 6.6 degree Celsius and 11 degree Celsius respectively.
The Met Department has forecast light to moderate rain or thundershowers in the region in the next 24 hours. A Met official said, “Chandigarh and several parts of Punjab and Haryana will experience overcast conditions in next 24 hours. light to moderate rainfall is expected in some parts of Punjab and Haryana. The temperature levels are also likely to drop by few notches.”
“Hail storms/thundersqualls with wind speed exceeding 45 kilometers per hour may also occur at isolated places in Haryana and Punjab during next 48 hours,” added the Met official