Presence of cloud cover at low height has decreased the effect of cold conditions in the city and increase in the temperature was witnessed in the past week.
Met officials said that cloud cover over the State is the result of moisture incursion due to a system from over Bay of Bengal. For the first time in the last three years the day temperature crossed 21 degree Celsius mark. Earlier in the year 2010, on November 9, day temperature was recorded at 23.4 degree Celsius. According to the Met officials the cloud cover would start disappearing from Thursday which would bring down the temperatures and it is possible that the temperatures would witness steep decrease in the next 3-4 days.
For the past 24 hours the weather conditions remained dry and slight decrease in the temperatures was witnessed. Bhopal, Gwalior, Chambal and Ujjain divisions witnessed more variation in temperatures while Jabalpur, Sagar and Indore divisions witnessed less variation in temperature.
City recorded day temperature at 31.9 degree Celsius on Thursday while the night temperature on Wednesday was recorded at 18.4 degree Celsius. An increasing trend in the temperature was witnessed in the city in the past two days as on Wednesday the night temperature was recorded three degree Celsius above the normal temperature. Haze and low visibility would be witnessed in the morning on Friday.
Rewa recorded the lowest night temperature on Wednesday at 13 degree Celsius. Gwalior and Indore recorded night temperature at 14 degree Celsius. Variation of around 1 degree Celsius would be witnessed in the temperatures.