The southwest monsoon on Sunday entered parts of Haryana, even as humid weather prevailed in other parts of the State and the neighbouring Punjab.
“The monsoon has entered the National Capital Region that includes places like Gurugram, Faridabad, Rohtak and Sonepat,” said a Met Department official here.
The monsoon is expected to fully cover the two states, including the Union Territory, within the next few days. The Met Department has forecast light to moderate rainfall at many places in Punjab and Haryana in next 48 hours.
last year, the monsoon had entered the two states on July 2. Punjab and Haryana, the grain bowl states of the country, had received scanty monsoon rains during last two years.
Meanwhile, high humidity prevailed in several areas, including Chandigarh, Ambala, Karnal, Amritsar, Patiala, Jalandhar and ludhiana.
Chandigarh recorded maximum temperature at 34.2 degrees Celsius, one degree below the normal.
In Haryana, Narnaul recorded 19 mm rainfall and settled at maximum temperature of 30.5 degree Celsius, down by eight notches from normal. After receiving light rain, Hisar recorded maximum temperature at 34.4 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal while Ambala’s maximum temperature dropped by two notches against the normal to settle at 34.4 degrees Celsius.
Karnal recorded a high of 31.5 degrees Celsius, three notches below the normal.
In Punjab, the maximum temperature was 36.5 degree Celsius in Amritsar. The maximum temperature in ludhiana and Patiala was recorded at 34.6 degrees Celsius and 33.7 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, the minimum temperature was settled at 27.5 degrees in Chandigarh, 26.9 degrees in Ambala, 26 degree Celsius in Hisar, 28.5 degrees in Amritsar, 26.2 degrees in Karnal, 28.2 degrees in ludhiana and 28.3 degree Celsius in Patiala.