At 4° C, Bathinda coldest in Punjab; fog envelops Amritsar, Ludhiana

The MeT official said fog enveloped many places in Punjab and Haryana including Amritsar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Hisar and Karnal.

Bathinda turned out to be the coldest place in Punjab on Friday, recording a minimum temperature of 4° Celsius.

Commuters make their way through thick fog in Patiala on Friday. (Bharat Bhushan/HT)

Intense cold also swept Amritsar, which recorded a low of 4.8° Celsius. Cold weather conditions also prevailed in Ludhiana, where the minimum temperature settled at 5.8° Celsius, a MeT department official said here.

While Halwara registered a low of 6.4° Celsius, Faridkot and Gurdaspur recorded respective minimums of 5.4° Celsius and 8.9° Celsius. Pathankot recorded a low of 5.3° Celsius, while Patiala registered a minimum temperature of 7.7° Celsius. Chandigarh recorded a low of 7.2° Celsius.

In Haryana, Hisar was the coldest place recording a low of 4.9° Celsius. Narnaul, too, experienced a cold night at 5.5° Celsius, while Karnal recorded a low of 5.6° Celsius. Rohtak braved the chill at a low of 6.7° Celsius.

Ambala registered a low of 8.2° Celsius while Bhiwani’s minimum settled at 7.4° Celsius. Sirsa recorded a low of 5.4° Celsius. The MeT official said fog enveloped many places in Punjab and Haryana including Amritsar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Hisar and Karnal. However, the sky was clear in Chandigarh.