Chandigarh logs coldest November night in 2 years as mercury slides to 9.2°C
Hindustan TimesThe city’s night temperature dropped to single digit for the first time this season, falling from 10.7°C on Tuesday to 9.2°C on Wednesday, 1.7 degrees below normal. This was also the lowest that the minimum temperature has gone in the month of November in two years, as per India Meteorological Department data. Speaking about the fall, IMD Chandigarh director Surender Paul said the minimum temperature had been on the higher side earlier this month, but now it was starting to decline: “With colder Northwesterly winds blowing in the city, we can expect further drop in the minimum temperature in the coming days. As per the daily bulletin released by the Central Pollution Control Board, AQI fell from 233 on Tuesday to 167 on Wednesday, lowest since the start of the month, when bursting of firecrackers on Diwali night, combined with stubble burning in neighbouring Punjab and Haryana, had caused pollution levels to soar.