Minimum temperature hovers above normal in Punjab, Haryana

Mercury further rose today in Haryana and Punjab as minimum temperatures hovered a few notches above normal limits.

Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a low of 15.9 degrees Celsius, seven notches above normal limits, a MeT Department official said here.

Ambala in Haryana registered a low of 14.7 degrees Celsius, five degrees more than normal limits.

Hisar recorded a low of 14.4 degrees Celsius, up four notches while Karnal's minimum temperature settled at 12.5 degrees Celsius, up three notches against normal.

In Punjab, Amritsar registered a low of 14.8 degrees Celsius, up eight notches while Ludhiana recorded a minium temperature of 17.2 degrees Celsius, nine degrees above normal limits.

Patiala registered a low of 15.6 degrees Celsius, up by six degrees.

Minimum temperature was above normal in Pathankot at 17.3 degrees Celsius, Adampur 15.5, Halwara 13.1, Bathinda 13.7, Faridkot 15 and Gurdaspur 14.3 degrees Celsius.

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