chandigarh the storm that was supposed to rattle the city turned out to be a tame 3040minute affair of low velocity winds and rain on tuesday afternoon bringing smiles on the faces of residents instead of frownsthe rain brought the maximum temperature down from 38 degrees celsius on monday to 345 degrees celsius the minimum temperature on the other hand shot up it was recorded at 234 degrees celsius 1 degree above normal on monday it was recorded at 208 degrees celsiusaccording to chandigarh meteorological department 48mm rainfall was recorded at the city observatory till 530pm although the wind speed was not reported to be high two trees in rose garden snapped one broke from the middle heavy branches had fallen in many places including sector 22the rain came as an excuse for people to take a break employees of various offices came out to enjoy the weather manisha sharma an officegoer in sector 8 said the weather is nice but it is funny that the prediction of thunderstorm went wrong there had been so much panic about it people were spotted making the most of the picturesque weather by clicking selfies and sipping teacoffee the rain without the major storm came as a great relief for city residents gurcharan singh a local resident said since the past few days i have been reading thunderstorm alerts and predictions in the news such rain seem to be proving the prediction right at least to some extentleft stranded outside offices harshdeep kaur a city resident said i came to the bank for some work now i am waiting for the rain to stop so that i can go back homeno rain this weekthe skies are expected to clear from wednesday said surender paul director chandigarh meteorological department no more rainfall is expected this week the skies will be clear and hot days return on wednesday clouds can be witnessed in forenoon he said weathermen said there are chances of thundery development on may 13 or 14