The blistering heat wave continued to sweep across Haryana and Punjab on Monday, with Hisar sizzling at 44.8 degrees Celsius. While Hisar in Haryana was hotter by five degrees, Karnal also braved a hot day at 44 degrees Celsius, five notches above normal level, according to the Met Department.
Heat wave also swept Narnaul, where the maximum temperature settled at 42 degrees Celsius, up three notches while Ambala, too, had a hot day at 41.3 degrees Celsius, up three degrees.The residents of union territory of Chandigarh braved yet another hot day at 42.2 degrees Celsius, up four notches than normal. In Punjab, ludhiana braved the hot weather conditions at 43.2 degrees Celsius, up four degrees while Patiala’s maximum settled at 42.6 degrees Celsius, also four notches above normal level.
Punjab’s holy city -Amritsar recorded a maximum temperature of 43.8 degrees Celsius, up five notches than normal.
The hills of Himachal Pradesh also continued to reel under an intense heat wave on Monday, with temperatures recording two to three degrees above the season’s average. In some areas, the mercury was at 40 degrees Celsius.
The Met Department has forecast rain in mid and high hills on Saturday. The heat wave prevailed in Una, Sirmaur, Hamirpur and Bilaspur districts and parts of Mandi district. It would continue till Friday, when a western disturbance would be active in the region.
The weather would largely remain dry in Himachal Pradesh till Thursday. Una town was the hottest in the state with the highest temperature recorded at 40 degrees Celsius.
Shimla also saw a high of 28.4 degrees Celsius–five degrees above normal. Sundernagar in Mandi district recorded a high of 36.2 degrees Celsius, while the maximum temperature in Bhuntar in Kullu district stood at 29.5 degrees Celsius. Similarly, Dharamsala recorded 31.6 degrees Celsius and Kalpa in Kinnaur district experienced 18.6 degrees Celsius.