Chandigarh, Dec. 1 -- City residents felt the chill earlier this year, with November recording the coldest nights in 14 years.

The average minimum temperature through the month this year was 10.4degC, which was lowest since 2011, as per records maintained at the India Meteorological Department (IMD) observatory in Sector 39.

Speaking about this, IMD Chandigarh director Surender Paul said, "This is one of the impacts of having clean air throughout the month. With foggy conditions or smog, usually night temperature rises, which is what happened in November in the past years. However, this time, due to factors like unabated north-westerly winds, the air quality has been better and nights have been colder."

Even on Sunday, as per the daily...