Chandigarh, June 5 -- Though June is one of the hottest months in the city, this year, it has begun on an unusually cool note, thanks to rain and thunderstorms over the past three nights.

Showers in the early hours of Wednesday brought the minimum temperatures down to 18.2degC, 8.1degC below normal, at the airport station. At the IMD station in Sector 39, where 1.7 mm rain was recorded, the minimum was slightly higher at 21.7degC but still 4.6degC below normal.

While last year, the city had seen record-breaking temperatures in the month of June, this year, it has recorded 13.9 mm rain in just four days, which is more than the total rainfall recorded through the month last year (11.9 mm).

The total rainfall from June 1 to 4 is 71.6% abo...