Temperatures hit around 40-degrees level

Mercury soared to around 40 degrees Celsius levels in Punjab and Haryana today as the region experienced hot weather conditions during the day.
Hisar in Haryana registered maximum temperature at 40.8 degrees Celsius, five degrees above normal, Met department report said.
Among other places, Bhiwani, Narnaul, Ambala, and Karnal had highs of 39.6, 39.5, 36.9, and 36 degrees Celsius respectively, rising by up to four notches above normal.
Chandigarh recorded a high of 37 degrees Celsius, up by four degrees, the Met department said.
In Punjab, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala experienced hot weather at 37.9, 36.9 and 37.8 degrees Celsius respectively.

Met department forecast partly cloudy sky over most places in Punjab and Haryana in the next 24 hours.