Freezing cold winds from north has made weather conditions extreme cold across the State in the past two days, night temperature dipped to three degrees Celsius in Raisen which was the lowest of the State.
Severe cold conditions gripped the State, several regions witnessed cold days conditions while number of regions witnessed extreme cold wave conditions.
Steep decrease in night temperatures have been recorded in the state, in west Madhya Pradesh’s Shajapur recorded 4.4 degree Celsius, Guna 4.5 degree Celsius, Dhar 5 degree Celsius, Gwalior and Rajgarh 5.6 degree Celsius. In east Madhya Pradesh Nowgong recorded 4.5 degree Celsius, Damoh, Mandla, Tikamgarh and Sagar recorded around 5 degree Celsius.
State capital witnessed night temperature below 6 degree Celsius and recorded 5.8 which was lowest of the season and day temperature was recorded around 22 degree Celsius.
Severe weather conditions would prevail and warning for harshness in the weather conditions has been issued by Met department. The warning of cold wave conditions has been issued for Bhopal, Ujjain and Chambal divisions, Datia, Guna, Dhar, Mandla, Umaria, Shahdol, Satna and Rewa districts.
Sagar and Bhopal divisions and Satna, Umaria, Jabalpur, Hoshangabad, Indore, Ratlam, Ujjain and Shajapur districts would witness cold day conditions according to the warning.
The foggy conditions from moderate to dense according to the warning would be witnessed in Sagar and Chambal divisions and Shahdol, Umaria, Katni, Jabalpur, Balaghat, Raisen, Guna, Gwalior and Datia. Moderate to dense fog was witnessed over 10 places in the state which were Rewa, Jabalpur, Malajkhand, Khajuraho, Nowgong, Tikamgarh, Damoh, Raisen, Guna and Gwalior.
Over a dozen districts witnessed cold day conditions which were Rewa, Umaria, Jabalpur, Nowgong, Tikamgarh, Damoh, Hoshangabad, Bhopal, Rajgarh, Indore, Ujjain and Gwalior. Khajuraho, Sagar, Bhopal, Raisen, Dhar, Ratlam, Shajapur and Guna districts witnessed cold wave conditions.