Bhopal

Dip in temperature as cloud cover reaches city

Staff Reporter

The State capital witnessed cold conditions on Thursday morning along with cloud cover which remained throughout the day. Met department officials said that the cloud cover reached city after passing over Rewa and Satna region.

The same would reach Indore by Friday. The temperature decreased due to cold winds and cloud cover.

The cloud cover remains for 3-4 days and these conditions are favourable for dispersal of infectious diseases. City witnessed night temperatures at 14 degree Celsius while the day temperature would be witnessed around 22 degree Celsius.

The city would witness night temperature on Thursday at around 12 degree Celsius. Changed weather conditions were witnessed in the city on Thursday.

According to the forecast, in the next 24 hours weather would remain dry across the state. The day temperature was recorded at 29 degree Celsius on Wednesday and which was recorded with a fall of three degree Celsius at 25.8 degree Celsius. 

lowest night temperature was recorded at 7 degree Celsius at Rewa and Khajuraho on Wednesday. Met official claimed that study regarding climate change and increase temperature was conducted for the city. The minimum and maximum temperature of the city has increased.

The study was conducted on the temperature data of past 25 years. In the study it was found that every year in the month of August maximum temperature is increasing .055 degree Celsius while the minimum temperature was is increasing by .075 degree Celsius.

Raising concern about the increase in the weather conditions Met officials claimed that if the rate of the increase continues to follow the same pattern in the next 100 years city would witness very mild cold conditions.