Another phase of cold has hit Madhya Pradesh as on Wednesday night, the minimum mercury dropped to 10 degrees or below in more than 15 cities of the state. Datia had the coldest night with 6.8 degrees.
A drop of 2 to 3 degrees has been recorded in Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Ujjain.
In 11 cities of the state including Gwalior-Jabalpur, the day temperature remained below 25 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. After the passing of the Western Disturbance, the direction of the winds in the state has become northern. Due to this, there is a drop in day temperature.
The weather department has predicted mild cold for the next 3 days. The weather will change again from February 11 & 12. There may be cloud cover due to active western disturbance. There may be drizzle with thunder in some areas. Meteorologist Ashfaq Hussain said that there will be a drop in the minimum temperature for 2 to 3 days.
The night temperature in big cities were recorded at Bhopal 11.6, Indore 12.1, Gwalior 10.4,Jabalpur 10.4 and Ujjain 12.8 (degree celsius).
The night temperature remained less than 10 degree celsius in Datia 6.8, Nowgong 7, Sagar 8.5, Rewa 9, Pachmarhi 9, Khajuraho 9, Umaria 9.2, Guna 9.2 and Rajgarh 9.4.
The highest temperature recorded in Narsinghpur on Wednesday night was 15.4 degrees. After this it was recorded at 13.6 degrees in Narmadapuram. The minimum temperature in other cities was less than this.
During the last 24 hours, the weather was mainly dry in the districts of all the divisions of the state. There was an effect of cold wave in the ocean. It was a cool day in Khajuraho.
The night temperatures will be significantly high in the districts of Shahdol division; In the districts of Bhopal, Narmadapuram, Jabalpur and Sagar divisions.
There was no significant change in the temperatures of most of the districts and all the remaining divisions. They remained below normal in the districts of Gwalior division;it was above normal in the districts of Ujjain division and normal in the districts of all the remaining divisions.