Bhubaneswar: For the third consecutive night, the minimum temperature remained below 10 degrees Celsius in Daringbadi, where it was 8 degrees Celsius on Saturday night.
In all, 17 places in the state recorded minimum temperatures below 15 degrees Celsius. In the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, the night temperature also dipped below 15, recorded at 13.2 degrees Celsius and 14 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Other places recording less than 15 degrees Celsius were Baripada (11.8), Balasore (12.5), Jharsuguda (10.4), Hirakud (12.6), Keonjhar (9.6), Sambalpur (13.4), Talcher (13), Chandbali (12), Bolangir (13.8), Sonepur (13.9), Titlagarh (10.8), Phulbani (11), Bhawanipatna (11) and Koraput (13.5).
The regional Met centre here has forecast a fall in night temperatures for three days, starting January 2.
The regional office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its evening bulletin on Saturday said the minimum temperature will fall by 3-4 degree Celsius over this period. There will be no change in minimum temperature thereafter, it added.
