Cold wave persists, brace for rainy days in Chandigarh

The Meteorological Department has predicted the possibility of rain along with thunderstorm in the city for two days from January 5.

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“The city is likely to see partly cloudy sky with thundery development or rain on January 5 and 6 and mainly clear sky on January 7,” stated the Met Department on Thursday. However, the city will continue to see partly cloudy sky on January 3 and 4.

As per the Meteorological Department, the maximum temperature in the city was recorded at 13.2 degrees Celsius, which was 5 degrees below normal. As compared to Wednesday, there was a rise of 1.9 degrees Celsius in the average maximum temperature on Thursday.

Similarly, there was a fall of 0.1 degrees Celsius in average minimum temperature in the city on Thursday as compared to Wednesday. The minimum temperature in the city was recorded at 8.6 degrees Celsius, which was 1.4 degrees above normal.

According to the Meteorological Department, the maximum temperature in the city is likely to hover around 15 to 14 degrees and minimum from 11 to 10 degrees in the next five days. On the eve of New Year, the city turned out to be colder than Shimla.

As cold wave gripped the region, Chandigarh, located in the foothills of the Shivalik mountain range, recorded the maximum temperature at 11.8 degrees Celsius, which was 8 degrees below normal on December 31, while Shimla saw a high of 17.5 degrees.

The mercury dropped in the city 34.1 mm rainfall on December 27 and 28. Further, the department stated that cold wave conditions likely to prevail over the city till January 3.