Chandigarh, Nov. 7 -- After rising to 16.4degC on Wednesday, the city's minimum temperature recorded a sharp drop to 12.8degC on Thursday, 1.8 degree below normal.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), this was the lowest night temperature so far this season as the city gears up for winter.

Speaking about this, IMD Chandigarh director Surender Paul said this was expected after a Western Disturbance led to light rain in the region on Tuesday night. Even in Chandigarh, around 0.6 mm rain was recorded.

Paul said cold Northwesterly winds had started blowing in the region and this will cause the temperature to fall fast in the coming days.

While this is the lowest that the night temperature has gone yet, it usually goes e...