Chandigarh, April 30 -- The city rang in the new week with cloudy and windy weather that brought the maximum temperature down by six notches.

The day temperature fell from 35.9degC on Sunday to 29.8degC on Monday. This was 7.1 degrees below normal and the lowest since April 1 when the mercury meter read 29.2degC.

In fact, this was only the second day this April, when the maximum temperature was recorded below 30degC.

Just a few days back, the day temperature had shot past 40degC for the first time this year, going up to 40.2degC on April 26.

As per India Meteorological Department (IMD), partly cloudy weather is expected to continue on Tuesday as well, but the temperature is likely to rise.

Speaking about the sudden dip in temperature...