Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana received more rain than expected in January, the Met office said on Saturday.
Punjab, Haryana will receive more rain than expected in JanuaryCold conditions persisted in most parts of the state, even as fog reduced visibility in some areas. Faridkot was the coldest place in Punjab at 3.8 degrees Celsius.
According to weather data, both Punjab and Haryana received excess rains in January. Punjab received 34.4 mm rainfall, which is 69 percent above normal rainfall.
Punjab’s normal rainfall for this month is 20.3 mm, the Met Office said. Amritsar, Barnala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Mansa and Moga received above expected rainfall while Bathinda and Faridkot received below expected rainfall.
Haryana received 19.6 mm of rain in January, 35 percent more than normal, the Met department said.
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Ambala, Bhiwani, Gurugram, Fatehabad, Hisar, Jhajjar, Karnal, Panchkula, Panipat and Yamunanagar received excess rain and Charkhi Dadri, Sirsa, Sonipat received less.
Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, received 63.6 mm of rain in January, 69 percent above normal.
Residents of Chandigarh woke up to a thick blanket of fog. The minimum temperature recorded in the city was 7.7 degrees Celsius.
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A weather official here said that fog was seen in many places in Punjab, including Amritsar, Patiala and Ludhiana, and Ambala, Karnal and Hisar in Haryana.
It was very cold in Bathinda, where the minimum temperature was recorded at 4 degrees Celsius. Ludhiana recorded a minimum of 5.4 degrees Celsius while Patiala recorded a minimum of 5.6 degrees Celsius.
Amritsar recorded a minimum temperature of 6.2 degrees Celsius and Gurdaspur at 6 degrees Celsius.
In Haryana, Karnal was the coldest place recording a minimum temperature of 4.5 degrees Celsius. Hisa also experienced severe cold, with the minimum temperature recorded at 4.9 degrees Celsius. Narnaul recorded a minimum temperature of 6 degrees, Rohtak at 7.8 degrees and Bhiwani at a biting 5.5 degrees Celsius.
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