The maximum temperature in several parts of Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday stayed around normal levels for the season, even as rains lashed few places in both the States in last 24 hours.
Chandigarh recorded a maximum temperature of 39 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal, as per the Met Department.
Haryana’s Hisar was the hottest place in the region settling at maximum temperature of 41.1 degrees while Narnaul recorded a high of 40.5 degree Celsius. Karnal and Ambala recorded respective maximum temperatures at 39 degree Celsius and 38.8 degrees Celsius.
In neighbouring Punjab, Amritsar recorded a maximum temperature of 37.4 degree Celsius. ludhiana and Patiala settled at maximum temperatures of 38.8 degrees and 39.3 degree Celsius respectively.
Meanwhile, the minimum temperature recorded was 24.6 degree Celsius in Chandigarh, 24.7 degrees in Ambala, 24.4 degrees in Karnal, 23 degrees in Amritsar, 24.8 degree Celsius in ludhiana and 25 degrees in Patiala.
The Met Department has forecast light rain at isolated places during next 24 hours and weather is likely to be dry thereafter in Haryana and Punjab.