Cold weather conditions persist in Punjab, Haryana
Chandigarh: Cold weather conditions continued to persist in most parts of Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday with Bathinda reeling under severe chill at 2.1 degrees Celsius.
Bathinda was the coldest place in the two states recording a below normal minimum temperature, a Meteorological Department official said here.
Adampur in Punjab also reeled at a low of 3.5 degrees Celsius.
Among other places in Punjab, Halwara recorded a minimum of 4.1 degrees Celsius while Amritsar (4.4 degrees Celsius), Faridkot (4.8 degrees Celsius), Ludhiana (7.6 degrees Celsius), Patiala (6.6 degrees Celsius), Pathankot (4.4 degrees Celsius) and Gurdaspur (4.5 degrees Celsius) also experienced a cold night.
Karnal was the coldest place in Haryana recording a low of 5 degrees Celsius followed by Narnaul, which registered a minimum of 5.2 degrees Celsius.
Hisar (6.2 degrees Celsius), Rohtak (5.8 degrees Celsius), Bhiwani (5.8 degrees Celsius), Sirsa (7 degrees Celsius) and Ambala (7.8 degrees Celsius), also experienced a cold night.
Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a minimum of 7 degrees Celsius.
The MeT Department official said Amritsar, Ludhiana, Pathankot, Adampur, Halwara and Bathinda in Punjab received trace amount of rainfall during the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday.
