Intense cold conditions continued to bother the people of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday as the cold wave returned to the northwestern plains. Though the night temperature increased marginally in the major cities of the State chilly winds continued to haunt even in the day.
Guna emerged as the coldest place of the State on Thursday as it recorded the night temperature of 5.2 degree Celsius, while Khajuraho was the second coldest with 5.6 deg C. The night temperature recorded at other major cities including State Capital Bhopal was 6.8 deg C, Gwalior 6.4 deg C, Hoshangabad 8.9 deg C, Jabalpur 8.3 deg C, Sagar 6.5 deg C and Satna 6.6 deg C.
Meanwhile, the day temperature recorded in major cities of the State was: Bhopal 21.9 deg C, Guna 22.8 deg C, Gwalior 21.9 deg C, Hoshangabad 24.7 deg C, Khajuraho 24 deg C, Jabalpur 22.9 deg C, Sagar 23.1 deg C and Satna 23.4 deg C Gwalior 6.4.
The hilly States of northern India, including Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, will be witnessing clear weather conditions with good sunshine on Saturday, while northwestern plains including MP will have to brave cold and dry northwesterly winds. As a result, cold weather conditions will now grip the plains of the region with minimum temp dropping further.