Mercury stays around normal in Pb, Haryana

Maximum temperatures today hovered around normal level in Punjab and Haryana despite rain lashing a few places.
Chandigarh, the joint capital of the two states, recorded a maximum temperature of 34.3 degrees Celsius, one degree above normal, the MeT Department report said.
The city received 0.5 mm of rainfall.
In Haryana, Ambala and Hisar recorded the maximum temperature of 32.6 and 36.2 degrees Celsius. Ambala received rainfall of 8.2 mm.
Karnal and Narnaul recorded their respective maximum temperatures at 33.6 and 33 degrees Celsius.
In Punjab, the maximum temperature at Amritsar settled at 35.4 degrees Celsius, while Ludhiana and Patiala registered maximum temperatures of 33.9 and 33.2 degrees Celsius respectively. Ludhiana and Patiala received 13.8 mm and 1 mm of rainfall respectively.

The Met Department has forecast light to moderate rain or thundershowers at isolated places in the two states in next 24 hours.