Bhubaneswar: Jharsuguda experienced severe cold wave conditions on Monday morning, recording 9.8°C which was 6.7 notches below normal, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Cold wave also persisted in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Angul. The state capital saw th
e coldest November night in 25 years as the mercury plummeted to 12.9°C, which was 6.1°C below normal. The neighbouring Cuttack recorded 13.2°C, 4.7°C below normal.
However, it was Angul at 10.2°C which saw a major drop of 7.3°C from normal.
Odisha also recorded the season’s coldest night at 5.4°C in G Udayagiri, a hill station in Kandhamal, followed by Semiliguda in Koraput at 6.1°C and Daringbadi and Phulbani, also in Kandhamal, at 7°C and 8°C respectively.
The other places where temperature plummeted below 15°C include Jharsuguda (9.8°C), Rourkela (10°C), Chipilima in Bargarh (10.2°C), Koraput (10.8°C), Kirei in Sundargarh, Keonjhar and Bhawanipatna at 11°C each, Nabarangpur (11.5°C), Sundargarh (11.8°C), Balangir (12.5°C), Mahisapat in Dhenkanal (12.9°C), Ranital in Bhadrak (13°C), Sambalpur (13.4°C), Rayagada (13.6), Sonepur (13.8), Titlagarh in Balangir (14.2°C) and Malkangiri (14.3°C).
Khurda, Nayagarh, Deogarh, Paralakhemundi in Gajapati, Hirakud in Sambalpur, and Chandbali in Balasore recorded 15°C each.
According to the Met office, a cold wave is likely to persist in Khurda, Jharsuguda, Kandhamal and Sundargarh till Tuesday morning, following which the night temperature may rise by 2-3°C across the state.