Chandigarh: Severe cold wave was sweeping
Punjab and Haryana for over a week further intensified today
with minimum temperature hovering in the range of 2-5 degrees
Celsius at most places.
Adampur in Punjab was the coldest place in the two states
with a low of 0.7 degrees Celsius, a MeT Department official
said here.
Freezing cold also swept Narnaul in Haryana, which
recorded a low of 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The official said that barring south Haryana including
Rohtak, Hisar and Bhiwani and isolated places in Punjab, fog
had lifted from rest of the region.
"Clear skies led to sudden fall in minimum temperature
although the maximum temperature increased slightly. Fog is
also likely to lift from remaining parts of Haryana and Punjab
in the next two days," he said.
Piercing cold also swept Amritsar in Punjab, which
recorded a low of 2.6 degrees Celsius, down one notch against
normal.
Bathinda recorded a low of 2.5 degrees Celsius, Halwara
3.7, Pathankot 3.8, Gurdaspur 3.8, Faridkot 3.8 and Ludhiana
4.4 degrees Celsius were among other places in Punjab which
reeled under intense cold as minimum temperature hovered few
notches below normal limit.
Chandigarh, too, experienced a cold night at 5.8 degrees
Celsius.
There was no let up in biting chill at Hisar in Haryana,
which recorded a low of 2.4 degrees Celsius, down four notches
against normal limit.
It was icy cold in Sirsa, with minimum temperature
settling at 2.1 degrees Celsius.
Karnal 4.5 degrees Celsius, Bhiwani 4.6 degrees Celsius,
Rohtak 5.2 and Ambala 6.7 degrees Celsius also experienced a
cold night.
PTI
