Bhubaneswar: After a brief spell of cold wave, the night temperature in Odisha is likely to rise by 2-3°C during the next 3 days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Tuesday.
In the last 24 hours, G Udayagiri, a hill station in Kandhamal district, remained the coldest place in the state at 5.6°C, followed by Semiliguda in Koraput at 7.7°C and Daringbadi and Phulbani, also in Kandhamal, at 8°C each.
Severe cold wave prevailed only in Angul, where the night temperature dropped to 9.8°C, 7.7°C below normal, due to northerly winds, according to the weather agency.
The other places where the mercury plummeted below 14°C include Chipilima in Bargarh (9.7°C), Jharsuguda (10.1°C), Bhawanipatna (10.4°C), Nabarangpur (11°C), Koraput and Rourkela and Kirei in Sundargarh at 11.5°C each, Balangir (11.8°C), Sundargarh (12°C), Keonjhar (12.6°C), Dhenkanal and Rayagada at 13°C each, Sonepur (13.3°C), Paralakhemundi in Gajapati (13.4°C), Titlagarh in Balangir (13.5°C) and Sambalpur (13.8°C).
Bhubaneswar, where the minimum temperature dropped to 12.9°C the previous morning, marking the coldest November night in 30 years, recorded 14.1°C this morning. The neighbouring Cuttack recorded 14°C.
Dense fog was also seen in Rourkela this morning, reducing visibility to 200 metres.