The cold conditions relented in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh with the minimum temperature rising up by four degrees 
Celsius above normal at some areas on Wednesday even as fog enveloped a few parts of the region.
The minimum temperatures hovered between one to four degrees Celsius above normal in most parts of Punjab and Haryana, the MeT office said in Chandigarh.
Adampur in Punjab was the coldest place in the region with a low of 5.5 degrees Celsius.
While Narnaul settled at a low of seven degrees Celsius, one notch above normal, the minimum temperature at Amritsar and Ludhiana was an identical low of 7.8 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal.
Among other places, Hisar had a low of 7.9 degrees Celsius, one notch above normal, followed by 8.4 degrees Celsius at Karnal, 8.8 degrees Celsius a Bhiwani, 9.1 degrees Celsius at Patiala, two notches above normal, 9.6 degrees Celsius at Chandigarh, four notches above normal and 10.2 degrees Celsius at Ambala, two notches above normal.
However, some areas in Punjab and Haryana, including Ludhiana, Patiala, Amritsar, Ambala and Karnal remained engulfed under fog.
The MeT forecast cloudy weather with rise in minimum temperatures in the region.