City sees coldest May since 2011

Sandeep Rana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 1

The month gone by was the coldest May in the city since 2011.

The Meteorological Department has data available since 2011 only. As per the data, the May this year recorded 36°C as the average maximum temperature, the lowest since 2011. It was 36.6°C last year, 38.4°C in 2019 and 38.9°C in 2018.

“People must have experienced that it was not a usual hot month this time. The reason is that western disturbances kept occurring every five to six days. Besides, the Tauktae affect also played its part,” said AK Singh, Director, Chandigarh Meteorological Department.

Officials said though the city saw hot days too in the month, rain kept occurring at regular intervals. Due to this, the maximum temperature remained on the lower side for the most part of May.

The month also recorded 58.8-mm rainfall. Last year, the city had recorded 71-mm rainfall in May.

Meanwhile, the city recorded 18-mm rainfall on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.

The maximum temperature today was 31.1°C, eight degrees below normal, while the minimum temperature was 20.6°C, five degrees below normal. In the next three days, the maximum temp is expected to increase by five to seven degrees while the minimum temperature is likely to rise by two degrees.

According to the weatherman, the weather was expected to be generally cloudy tomorrow.

Box: Average lowest max temp in May

2021: 36°C

2020: 36.6°C

2019: 38.4°C

2018: 38.9°C

2017: 38.8°C

2016: 38.8°C

2015: 39.0°C

2014: 37.2°C

2013: 39.4°C

2012: 38.5°C

2011: 38.1°C

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