Warning of night temperatures recording around and below 4 degree Celsius has been issued by Met department; extreme cold conditions have prevailed for the past three days and intensified in the past 24 hours with the lowest temperature reaching 2.8 degree Celsius in Khajuraho.
The Met department has issued warning for Rewa, Chhatarpur and Gwalior regions regarding night temperatures which would be witnessed around and below 4 degree Celsius.
The trend of decreasing temperatures continued in the state capital and state recording new lows of the season as Saturday was the coldest night of the season for state capital with 8.6 degree Celsius. Day temperature on Sunday was recorded the lowest at 21.6 degree Celsius which was the lowest of the season.
Night temperatures which are witnessed on the lower side further dipped on Saturday in the state capital. On Friday the night temperature state capital was recorded at 9.7 degree Celsius which further dipped by more than one degree Celsius.
The lowest night temperature of the state was recorded at Khajuraho at 2.8 degree Celsius. Cold winds have made weather conditions extremely cold and would intensify in the next two days.
Several regions have witnessed night temperature around 5 degree Celsius.
Nowgong recorded night temperature at 4 degree Celsius, Gwalior recorded night temperature at 5 degree Celsius, Rewa and Shajapur recorded night temperature at 5.5 degree Celsius, Betul recorded night temperature at 5.2 degree Celsius, Guna, Rajgarh, Mandla, Tikamgarh and Umaria recorded night temperature around 6 degree Celsius.
Khargone, Ratlam, Dhar,Ujjain recorded night temperature at 7 degree Celsius. The northern part of the state is likely to witness rainy activities in the next 24 hours.
The regions which are likely to witness fog in the morning hours are Datia, Bhind, Morena, Gwalior, Tikamgarh, and Chhatarpur. Significant dip in the temperatures was recorded in Shahdol, Sagar and Hoshangabad divisions.
Met official told that cold winds after the snow fall has made the weather condition extreme. Narsinghpur, Seoni, Sheopur and Indore are likely to witness cold day on Monday.