Bhubaneswar: With cold wave sweeping Odisha, the minimum temperature plummeted more than 5°C from normal in Jharsuguda and Angul on Tuesday.
Jharsuguda recorded 8°C, 5.6°C below normal, and Angul 9°C, 5.2°C below normal.
G Udayagiri, a hill station in Kandhamal, remained the coldest place in the state for the third day at 4.8°C, followed by Semiliguda in Koraput at 6.2°, Phulbani at 6.8°C, Chiplima in Bhadrak 7.3°C and Rourkela at 7.6°C.
Similarly, Bhawanipatna recorded 9°C, Korapur and Sundargarh
10°C each, Nabarangpur 10.4°C, Balangir 10.5°C, Keonjhar 10.8°C, and Sambalpur 11.6°C. The twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack saw a slight rise in the night temperature than yesterday. The state capital recorded 13.7°C , while the mercury stood at 12.6°C in Cuttack.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), cold wave may continue to prevail in isolated pockets over the districts of Sundargarh, Angul and Jharsuguda till Wednesday morning. Dense fog may also occur at one or two places in Sundargarh and Kandhamal.
On December 10-11, a cold wave warning has been issued for Jharsuguda, Angul, Sundargarh, Sonepur, Kalahandi, Kandhamal and Koraput.
The weather agency further noted that dense fog may occur at one or two places in Sundargarh, Kandhamal, and Jharsuguda districts on December 10. The state is unlikely to witness any significant change in the night temperature during the next 6-7 days.
The minimum temperature in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack may hover around 12-13°C till December 15, it added.