Chandigarh, Dec 13 (IANS) A cold wave swept most parts of Punjab and Haryana with Hisar town being the coldest in the region with a minimum temperature of 3.2 degrees Celsius Monday.
Apart from the drop in the mercury, Met officials also predicted light rainfall in the coming two-three days that would bring the temperature further down.
‘Most parts of Haryana and Punjab are seeing a cold wave. Today (MOnday) also had light fog early in the morning that disrupted road traffic at various places,’ a Met official here told IANS.
‘We are also expecting light rainfall in some parts of this region in the next two-three days and this would lead to a fall in the temperature, especially during night,’ he said.
Ambala and Karnal towns recorded a minimum temperature of 4.7 and 6.4 degrees respectively Monday.
Chandigarh, which is the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, recorded a minimum temperature of 5.8 degrees Celsius Monday.
In Punjab, while the minimum temperature in Amritsar was 6.8 degrees Celsius, it was 5.9 in Patiala and 6.3 in Ludhiana Monday morning.
