City shivers at 2.4°C, records coldest night

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 11

The city recorded the coldest night of the season with the minimum temperature plummeting to the 2.4°C mark, three degrees below normal. According to the Met Department, relief from the chilly weather is not in sight in the coming days and rain is expected over the weekend in the city, which will further dip the temperature.

The maximum temperature in the city today was 16.1°C, five degrees below normal. Though a clear sky has been forecast for tomorrow, there will be fog during the morning in the tricity.

Met Director Surinder Pal Singh said this was the coldest night of the season.

Meanwhile, five trains and nine flights were delayed today due to fog in the region.