Bhubaneswar: With cold wave sweeping Odisha, the mercury plunged to 8.4°C in G Udayagiri in Kandhamal in the last 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Monday.
A total of 17 places in the state recorded a minimum night temperature below 15°C.
Jharsuguda at 11.6°C saw a sharp fall of 6.3°C compared to normal, which was also the highest drop in the state for the day. Angul at 12.6°C recorded the second major 6°C drop from normal, followed by Bhubaneswar at 14.8°C, where night-time reading of minimum temperature was 5.8 notches below normal.
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The cold wave conditions are likely to persist for two more days with a further drop in the night temperature by 2-3°C during the next 2-3 three days. Warning has been issued for the districts of Kandhamal, Khurda, Cuttack, Angul, Jharsuguda and Sundagarh on November 11-12.
he drop in minimum night temperature is being attributed to cold north-westerly winds blowing towards the state, coupled with clear sky conditions.
In the last 24 hours, G Udayagiri in Kandhamal was the coldest place in the state at 8.4°C followed by Daringbadi at 10°C and Phulbani at 11°C. The other places which witnessed a crisp chill in the air are Jharsuguda (11.6°C), Chipilima in Bargarh at 11.8°C, Semiliguda in Koraput and Kirei in Sundargarh at 12.2°C each, Rourkela (12.5°C), Angul (12.6°C), Keonjhar (13.8°C), Dhenkanal (13.5), Sundargarh and Bhawanipatna at 14°C each, Koraput (14.2°C), Balangir (14.5°C), Bhubaneswar (14.8°C), Sonepur (14.9°C), Hirakud (15.4°C), and Sambalpur (15.8°C).
Cuttack recorded 16°C, 3.6°C below normal.
“The minimum temperature has observed appreciable fall by about 2-4°C at one or two places in districts of Interior Odisha and at a few places in South Coastal Odisha. The night temperature was markedly below normal by 6°C at one or two places in the state and appreciably below normal by about 3-4°C at one or two places and below normal by 2-3°C at a few places in North Odisha,” the IMD said in its midday bulletin.
Moderate fog also occurred in Sundagarh and shallow fog has occurred in Kalahandi and Jharsuguda districts.
According to the weather agency, mercury may hover around 14-15°C in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack for three days. Phulbani, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh and Rourkela may record 10-11°C during this period.
