Bhubaneswar: Cold wave conditions may continue to prevail across Odisha for two more days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Friday.
Warning has been issued for isolated pockets in districts of Angul, Jharsuguda and Kalahandi till December 14 morning. Shallow to moderate fog may also occur at one or two places in Sundargarh, Kandhamal and Kalahandi districts during this period. However, the night temperature is unlikely to witness any large change during the next 6-7 days, it added.
Intense cold waves over the past two weeks have disrupted normal life across several parts of Odisha, compelling residents
to stay indoors from 6 pm to 9 am.
According to the weather agency, the minimum temperature fell by about 6°C from normal at one or two places in North Interior Odisha in the last 24 hours, about 3-5°C at many places in South Odisha, at one or two places in North Odisha and about 2-3°C at a few places in South Coastal Odisha and one or two places in North Odisha & South Interior Odisha.
G Udayagiri, a hill station in Kandhamal, recorded the season’s lowest temperature of 3.1°C on Friday. Semiliguda in Koraput was close second at 3.6°C, followed by Phulbani and Daringbadi, also in Kandhamal, at 5.5°C and 6.5°C, respectively. The other places, where the mercury plummeted below 10°C, include Chipilima in Bargarh (6.6°C), Rourkela (7.2°C), Jharsuguda (7.1°C), Bhawanipatna (7.5°C), Koraput (8.1°C), Kirei in Sundargarh (8.4°C), Angul (8.6°C), Balangir (9°C), Nabarangpur (9.2°C), Sundargarh and Keonjhar at 9.6°C each.
The twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack recorded 12.6°C and 11.8°C, respectively.