Rains also lashed Punjab and Haryana, bringing down the

day temperature even as the minimum in certain areas continued the upward trend. Karnal with a low of six deg C was the coldest in the region. Amritsar recorded a low of 11 deg C, four notches above the normal while in Ludhiana the mercury settled at 12.2 deg C, two notches above normal and Chandigarh recorded 13.2 deg C, four notches above normal. A few places in the desert state of Rajasthan also received light rainfall accompanied with heavy winds.