Under extreme cold conditions 11 districts witnessed intense cold wave conditions in the past 24 hours. The night temperature dipped to 1 degree Celsius in the state which was recorded in Khajuraho on Tuesday.
State witnessed night temperatures around freezing temperature in the night on Tuesday; state capital witnessed relief from extreme cold conditions in the day on Wednesday. State capital recorded night temperature at 7.4 degree Celsius while day temperature was recorded at 26.8 degree Celsius on Wednesday.
The trend of decreasing temperature continued making the cold conditions intense across the state unbearable.
Several areas recorded night temperature below 5 degree Celsius. Night temperature dipped to 2.2 degree Celsius in Nowgong, it was recorded at 2.8 degree Celsius at Umaria, Rewa recorded 3.2 degree Celsius, Sidhi recorded 4.4 degree Celsius and Tikamgarh and Satna recorded 5.2 degree Celsius.
In the state the trend of decreasing temperatures is witnessed for the past three days and is likely to follow the trend for the next 4-5 days.
Cold wave conditions were witnessed in the state at several places and warning of cold wave conditions has been issued by Met department in the next 24 hours in Rewa, Shahdol and Jabalpur divisions and Chhatarpur, Gwalior, Bhind and Morena districts.
Under the prevailing weather conditions Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain and Hoshangabad divisions witnessed dip in temperatures.
The day temperature at 26 degree Celsius was recorded in Khargone, Ratlam, Mandla, Chhindwara and Ujjain districts.
According to the forecast the day and night temperature would be witnessed around 25 and 8 degree Celsius respectively which would continue at harsh levels and would take time to attain normal weather conditions.