Minimum temperature hovers above normal in Pb, Haryana

The minimum temperature hovered a few notches above normal in most parts of Punjab and Haryana today.
Narnaul in Haryana recorded a minimum of 5 degrees Celsius, one notch below normal, the MeT Department said.
Among other places, Hisar's minimum was 9.3 degrees Celsius while Karnal registered its low at 9.6 degrees Celsius, up to two notches above normal.
Ambala had a low of 10.1 deg C, three degrees above normal.
UT Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, registered minimum at 8.1 degrees Celsius.
In Punjab, the minimum temperature of Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala was 5 degrees, 11 degrees and 10.6 degrees Celsius, respectively, up to five notches above normal.

MeT Department forecast dry weather and shallow to moderate fog at many places of Punjab and Haryana in the next four days.
Meanwhile, Haryana government today declared 15 days winter holidays in all schools in the state starting from December 25 to January 8, 2017, said an official spokesman.