Poviet Kaur Chandigarh: Two-day continuous rain has helped the city set a new record: sisted January since 1983.
A total of 173.7mm rainfall has been received in the first 23 days against the previous high of 39 years ago.
“Chandigarh has broken a record 1983, when 166 mm rainfall was recorded in January.
The city will witness the rainfall spread on Monday,” said Manmohan Singh, Director, the Chandigarh Meteorology Department.
The city recorded 45.9mm rainfall in the last 24 hours, the highest in a day for January.
And, wet weather is not finished.
“After January 28, there will be weather changes again.
There is a possibility of Western disturbances to be active and carrying a shower to the city,” according to the Department of Meteorology.
On Sunday, the city records a maximum temperature of 12 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 10.7 degrees Celsius, 8 degrees below normal.
The weather is expected to be cleaned from Tuesday, but will bring fog in the morning and evening and reduce visibility up to 20 meters.
Previously, the rain made life difficult for passengers in Zirakpur and areas adjacent when roads were flooded, which leads to traffic jams.
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