Minimum temperatures hover below normal in Punjab and Haryana

Chandigarh, January 27

Minimum temperatures hovered below normal limits in Haryana and Punjab on Wednesday, with Adampur being recorded as the coldest place in the two states at 1 degree Celsius, the MeT Department said.

Severe cold wave conditions also prevailed in Amritsar, which recorded a low of 1.4 degrees Celsius, it said.

Pathankot, Halwara, Faridkot, Ludhiana and Patiala recorded minimum temperatures of 4.5 degrees Celsius, 3.3 degrees Celsius, 2.9 degrees Celsius, 6.2 degrees Celsius and 6.9 degrees Celsius.

Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a low of 6.2 degrees Celsius.

In Haryana, Narnaul and Ambala reeled under severe chill recording minimum temperatures of 2 degrees Celsius and 2.4 degrees Celsius.

Hisar, too, experienced a cold night recording a low of 5.2 degrees Celsius. — PTI