Extreme cold weather conditions are prevailing across the state while the state capital trembled as mercury dipped to 8.2 in the night on Thursday in the state capital.
Bhopal recorded a temperature of 8.2 degrees Celsius. The coldest city was Mandla in the eastern part, where the night temperature here was 6.8 degrees Celsius.
Betul recorded 9.4 degrees Celsius, Rajgarh 8 degrees Celsius, Jabalpur 8.5 degrees Celsius, Khajuraho 9.4 degrees Celsius, Naugaon 8 degrees Celsius, Rewa 9.5 degrees Celsius, Umaria 7.4 degrees Celsius and Malajkhand 9.5 degrees Celsius.
Among the big cities, Indore recorded a temperature of 12.2 degrees, Gwalior 10 degrees and Ujjain 12 degrees.
Due to the chilling icy winds, small cities like Shahdol and Mandla are colder than Shimla, Mount Abu, Dehradun, Jammu and Katra. The night temperature here has dropped below 7 degrees. The days are also cold. Due to cold and fog, the railways have installed fog safe devices in trains.
Meteorologist said that the jet stream is flowing at a speed of 278 km per hour over West-North India. The speed has increased by 18 km in a day. Due to this, cold winds are also coming in the state. Right now the height of the wind is 12.6 km. When it flows down, the effect of cold will intensify. Apart from this, a cyclonic circulation system is active in the eastern part and a deep depression is active over the south-western Bay of Bengal. Its effect is also being seen in the state.
At present the nights of Kalyanpur of Shahdol and Mandla are the coldest. On Wednesday-Thursday night, the temperature in Kalyanpur was recorded at 6.1 degrees and in Mandla at 6.5 degrees. 7.2 degrees were recorded in Pachmarhi, 7.5 degrees in Umaria, 8.6 degrees in Naugaon, 9.3 degrees in Malajkhand and 9.6 degrees in Rewa.
Many of these cities were colder than cities like Shimla and Mount Abu. According to the Meteorological Department, on Wednesday-Thursday night, the temperature in Shimla was 7.2 degrees, in Dehradun 9.4 degrees, in Mussoorie 7.1 degrees, in Mount Abu 7 degrees, in Jammu city 10.1 degrees and in Katra it was 9.2 degrees.
On Thursday, the day temperature dropped in many cities of the state. The temperature in Pachmarhi was recorded at 22 degrees Celsius. The temperature in Malajkhand of Balaghat district was 23.3 degrees. Similarly, Sidhi had 24.2 degrees, Seoni had 25 degrees, Betul-Raisen had 25.2 degrees, Umaria had 25.7 degrees, Narsinghpur had 26 degrees, Satna had 26.5 degrees, Dhar had 26.7 degrees, Tikamgarh, Shivpuri, Naugaon, Rewa-Damoh had 27 degrees, Ratlam had 27.2 degrees, Sagar had 27.4 degrees, Guna had 27.5 degrees. Talking about big cities, Bhopal had 27.2 degrees, Indore had 25.9 degrees, Gwalior had 27.5 degrees, Ujjain had 27 degrees and Jabalpur had 25.8 degrees.
Meanwhile, two people lost their lives in two days in the state due to intense cold. On Thursday morning, a middle-aged man died at Dindori bus stand. Death is suspected to be due to cold. Earlier, a stiff body of a youth was found in Betul. The mercury has also dropped in Bhopal and Jabalpur. In such a situation, arrangements are being made in night shelters.
Railways has also installed fog safe devices in trains passing through Bhopal division. A total of 341 fog safe devices (FSD) have been given to loco pilots. Visibility becomes very low during fog. This makes it difficult for loco pilots to properly assess the condition of signals and tracks. In such a situation, the fog safe device has been designed to help the loco pilots. It alerts the pilot.
In November, the night temperature in Bhopal reaches 9 to 12 degrees Celsius. The trend has been the same for the last 10 years. This time too, the mercury is falling rapidly from the second week. It has reached 8.8 degrees Celsius, which is a record.
According to the Meteorological Department, the night temperature in Bhopal has reached 6.1 degrees in November. This was recorded on 30 November 1941. There is also a trend of rain in this month. It has rained twice in 10 years. In the year 1936, more than 5 and a half inches of water has fallen in this month.
