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Minimum temperatures hover close to normal at most places in Punjab, Haryana

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh

Minimum temperatures dropped slightly on Sunday but continued to hover close to or above normal limits at most places in Punjab and Haryana.

Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a minimum temperature of 9.6 degrees Celsius, a Meteorological Department (Met) official said here.

In Haryana, Ambala (9.5 deg C), Karnal (10 deg C), Sirsa (10.1 deg C), Hisar (8.3 deg C) and Rohtak (10 deg C) recorded near-normal minimum temperatures.

In Punjab, Ludhiana (8.9 deg C), Patiala (9.5 deg C), Halwara (8.3 deg C) and Gurdaspur (10.2 deg C) recorded above-normal night temperatures.

The minimum at Amritsar (6.4 deg C), Pathankot (5.5 deg C), Bathinda (8.2 deg C) and Adampur (8 deg C) hovered close to the normal limits.

 

The Met official said night temperatures are likely to fall further over the next two days.

Fog reduced visibility in the morning at many places, including Amritsar, Adampur, Halwara, Bathinda and Patiala in Punjab and at Hisar, Bhiwani and Sirsa in Haryana, he said.

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First Published: Dec 15 2019 | 12:15 PM IST

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