Chandigarh, Jan. 13 -- Monday morning blues took an all-new meaning for city residents, who were left wanting to remain curled up in their blankets, as the minimum temperature dropped to the season's lowest of 3.3degC during the intervening night between Sunday and Monday.

As per India Meteorological Department (IMD), similar conditions will persist for the next two or three days before it starts improving around the weekend.

The lowest that the city had seen last season was on January 27, when the mercury had plunged to 6degC. This year, the city has already had three nights with temperatures below six degrees.

But in 2024, the minimum had dropped even lower at 2.7degC on January 16.

Monday's night temperature was 3.6 degrees below n...