Cold conditions prevailed in the city after receiving heavy rainfall on Saturday and the conditions would intensify further in the next 48 hours told the Met department.
On Sunday weather conditions remained cold during the day. The day was recorded two degree Celsius below the normal temperature at 24.4 degree Celsius. Heavy rainfall which lashed the city on Saturday was not witnessed and partial cloud cover remained in the day. The afternoon with bright sun shine was soothing and provided relief from the cold conditions. On Sunday Sagar and Naugoan received 4 cm of rainfall, Vidisha, Raisen and Rajgarh 2 cm of rainfall. Night temperature are likely to dip significantly, claimed the Met department, and added the day temperatures would also follow the same pattern.
The visibility remained low and would decrease further in the next 48 hours. According to the forecast Sagar and Rewa divisions would receive thunder showers in several areas while Jabalpur, Gwalior and Chambal divisions would receive rainfall in few regions. Warning of hailstorm in Sagar and Rewa divisions and fog would be witnessed in Gwalior, Chambal, Bhopal, Ujjain, Hoshangabad and Indore divisions would witness fog in the next 48 hours.
Rewa, Khajuraho and Shivpuri recorded the lowest night temperature of the state and recorded night temperature at 8 degree Celsius. Tikamgarh received the highest rainfall at 6 cm, Gulabganj and Mungawali received 5 cm of rainfall, Gwalior received 4 cm of rainfall and Bhind and Guna received 3 cm of rainfall in the past 24 hours. The day temperatures would remain around 25 degree Celsius while the night temperature would be witnessed around 10 degree Celsius. Day temperatures among the major cities witnessed dip in the day temperature and recorded below normal temperature in the range of 2 to 6 degree Celsius.