Heavy rains with hailstorm hit the State capital and surrounding areas on Saturday, worrying the farming community. The weather in the State took a turn on Saturday morning as several places, including Vidisha, Raisen, Mandla and Bhopal, witnessed hailstorm accompanied by heavy rains. In the afternoon, the weather in Jabalpur, Umaria and Satna districts also worsened after it started drizzling.
The weather changed since morning at many places in the State on Saturday, with people waking up to cold weather conditions. After that Bhopal, Sehore, Raisen and Vidisha were hit by heavy rains and hailstorm.
The sudden rain and hailstorm has worried the farmers as there is a fear of loss to the standing wheat crop. Hailstorm had hit the State on January 25 also.
The size of the hail in Bhopal, Vidisha, Raisen and Sehore was equal to that of a berry while in Mandla it was the size of a gram. The weather kept changing till the filing of report.
The weather in Malwa region was clear though fall in temperature has been recorded since Friday night and cloud cover was witnessed from Ujjain to Ratlam.
Sagar recorded the coldest day on Saturday with a maximum temperature of 19.3 degree Celsius, which is 5.5 degree below the normal, while Bhopal recorded the maximum temperature of 21.5 degree Celsius, 1.9 degree below normal. While the night temperature at Khajuraho was the lowest with 6.3 degree Celsius which is below 2.6 degree Celsius, Bhopal recorded night temperature of 14.4 degree Celsius which is below 2.2 degree Celsius.