Chandigarh, June 12 -- City residents tossed and turned as night temperatures shot up to 31.7degC on Wednesday, making it the warmest night of the season so far. Though there was a marginal dip in the day temperatures, from 43.9degC on Tuesday to 41.9degC on Wednesday, the power demand surged to 452 MW - the highest ever peak demand - amid an ongoing heatwave. The previous peak was 449 MW on June 13 last year, UT administration officials confirmed.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Wednesday night was the season's first "warm night".

A warm night is declared when the maximum temperature is above 40degC and the minimum goes over 4.5 degrees above normal. On Wednesday, the minimum had gone 5.4 degrees above normal. ...