Chandigarh, Feb. 21 -- An active fresh Western Disturbance (WD) brought along 2.5 mm rain in the morning and 0.9 mm rain at night on Thursday.

The light rain was followed by gusty winds up to 40 km per hour, causing the maximum temperature to drop from 26.3degC on Wednesday to 24.1degC on Thursday, 0.2 degree below normal.

This, however, was not the lowest day temperature in the month, as it had gone down to 22.3degC on February 16 amid cloud cover during another WD.

Rainy and windy weather conditions are expected to continue on Friday as well, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The WD may also lead to snow in Himachal Pradesh that could cause a fall in temperature in Chandigarh in the coming days.

As per IMD offi...