New Delhi, June 06: Overnight showers kept the mercury below normal levels in north India today, giving respite to people from heatwave for the third straight day.
Temperatures in most places of states of Punjab, Haryana and Union Territory Chandigarh stayed around 38 degrees.
Hisar in Haryana was the hottest in the region at 38.8 C, three notches below normal. Ambala recorded a maximum of 38.3 C, down by two degrees, while the high at Karnal was 38 C.
In Punjab, the maximum in Amritsar settled at 38.6 C, two degrees below normal, followed by Patiala 38.5 C and Ludhiana 38.4 C. Chandigarh recorded a maximum temperature of 38.4 C, one degree below normal.
In the national capital, overnight showers resulted in mercury staying below the normal. Though the maximum rose by 1.6 degrees from yesterday to touch 38.
–Agencies