Chandigarh, April 15 -- Amid an active Western Disturbance in the city, the maximum temperature dropped by five notches after just 1.4 mm rain, the first this month, on Sunday.

As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), chances of rain will continue on Monday, while a fresh Western Disturbance (WD) is also likely later this week.

1 mm rain was recorded till 8.30 am and another 0.4 mm later during the day, accompanied by gusty winds between 40-50 km per hour.

As the weather remained cloudy throughout the day, the maximum temperature fell from 36.6degC on Saturday to 31.8degC on Sunday. This was 2.3 degrees below normal and lowest since April 2, when the maximum temperature was 30.4degC.

The minimum temperature fell from 22.3degC...