Cold wave sweeps across Punjab, Haryana

Chandigarh, January 14

Cold wave swept across Punjab and Haryana on Monday with Adampur being the coldest place in the region with a minimum of 1.7 degrees Celsius.

In several parts of both states, minimum temperatures dropped a few degrees below normal. Chandigarh braved cold weather at 5.3 degrees Celsius,  an official of the MeT department said.

Among other places in Punjab, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala experienced cold weather conditions at 2, 5.3 and 5.1 degrees Celsius, respectively.

Pathankot, Halwara, Gurdaspur, Bathinda and Faridkot recorded their respective lows at 3, 2.6, 5.4, 2.7 and 3.9 degrees Celsius.

In Haryana, Ambala, Hisar and Karnal recorded their respective minimums at 6.8, 5 and 4.6 degrees Celsius respectively, up to two notches below normal.

Rohtak, Narnaul and Bhiwani recorded their minimums at 7.6, 6 and 5.7 degrees Celsius. PTI