Hailstorm in Chandigarh, Kharar, Mohali as rain lashes Punjab, Haryana

Chandigarh, February 1

There was hailstorm in Chandigarh, Zirakpur, Kharar and Mohali as rain lashed most parts of Punjab and Haryana while the minimum temperatures stayed above normal on Thursday.

Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Patiala, Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Faridkot and Mohali among other places in Punjab, and Ambala, Hisar, Karnal, Rohtak and Bhiwani in Haryana received rain, according to the Met department.

Among other places in Punjab, Amritsar recorded a minimum temperature of 9.3 degrees Celsius, four notches above the season’s average while Ludhiana and Patiala registered 12.4 degrees Celsius each.

Pathankot, Bathinda, Gurdaspur and Faridkot recorded a minimum temperature of 10.4 degrees Celsius, 11.2 degrees Celsius, 10.3 degrees Celsius and 10.2 degrees Celsius, respectively.

In Haryana, Ambala and Hisar recorded their minimums at 11.8 degrees Celsius and 11.2 degrees Celsius respectively, up to four degrees above normal.

The minimum temperature in Chandigarh was 12.5 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal.