Rains lashed Chandigarh and many parts of Punjab and Haryana on Thursday, plunging the temperature levels below normal.Chandigarh recorded 2.3 mm rainfall till Thursday evening and recorded a minimum temperature of 17.2°C, two degrees below normal, while maximum temperature of 29°C, five notches below normal was recorded.
The Met Department has forecast light to moderate rain or thundershowers during next 12 hours in Haryana and Punjab.The Department has issued a warning of thundersqualls with wind speed exceeding 45 kmph that may occur at isolated places in the region during next 48 hours.A Met official said that the rains lashed Amritsar, ludhiana, Patiala, Ropar, Mohali, Phagwara and Nawanshahr among other places in Punjab. In Haryana, rains lashed Panchkula, Ambala, Hisar, Kurukshetra and Karnal among other places.
“The rains occurred due to the western disturbances and the next two days are likely to witness same weather conditions,” said a Met official. The rains have increased the woes of farmers across the region, who fear damage to the wheat crop.
Thunder-squalls with wind speed likely
After rainfall, the maximum temperature settled up to 7 degree below normal and minimum temperature recorded was up to three degrees below normal at most places in Haryana and Punjab.
Shimla, the capital city of Himachal received 6 mm rains. Shimla recorded a minimum temperature of 9.1 degree Celsius, two notches below normal and maximum temperature settled at 17.9 degree Celsius.