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Freezing cold sweeps Punjab,Haryana

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Story Update : Monday, January 23, 2012     2:24 PM

Chandigarh:Cold wave swept Punjab and Haryana today as minimum temperatures in the two states dipped further.
With minimum temperatures falling two to five notches below normal, icy cold winds made people pack themselves up in heavy woollens.

Narnaul in Haryana was the coldest place in the region with a temperature of 0.5 degrees celsius. Hisar and Karnal, too, were

under the grip of piercing chill, recording identical minimums of 3.5 degrees Celsius each.

Bhiwani also experienced a cold night at 3.2 degrees Celsius, down five notches, while Rohtak was cold at 4.6 degrees

Celsius.

It was a bright day with sun shining in Chandigarh today, but the night temperature here witnessed further fall and the

mercury settled at 4.9 degrees Celsius.

In Punjab, freezing cold swept Amritsar, which recorded a low of 2.6 degrees Celsius.Ludhiana and Patiala also had a cold

night recording identical minimums of 5.2 degrees Celsius each.

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