many places in Punjab and Haryana, which was lashed by rains during the past couple of days, with Amritsar being the coldest place at a low of 3 degrees Celsius.
Amritsar's minimum temperature settled a notch below normal, the MeT Department here said.
Ludhiana and Patiala, however, recorded near normal minimum temperatures of 9.3 deg C and 9.6 deg C, respectively.
Chandigarh had a cold night at 7.6 deg C.
In Haryana, Narnaul was the coldest place recording a low of 4 deg C, three notches below normal, while Hisar, too, experienced a cold night at 5.8 deg C, two below normal.
The maximum temperatures in the two states and Chandigarh have been hovering below normal for the past few days, settling in the range of 15-20 degrees Celsius.