Unseasonal, intermittent rain since Tuesday night threw life out of gear throughout the State on Wednesday.
The rain furthered the already chilly conditions in the State by drastically lowering the temperature across the State, the State Capital itself registering a steep decline of 8 degrees in the day temperature as compared to Tuesday. Other cities also reported decline varying from 2 to 6 degree Celsius. The night temperature though remained stable at most of the places but the day temperature registered major decline in all the cities of the state.
The Bhopalites rose to rainy morning blended with fog and chilly winds on Wednesday forcing them to remain indoors. Though the school going children were forced to attend the school in bad weather, but the morning walkers and joggers gave a miss to their routine. The minimum temperature recorded in the state capital on Tuesday night was 10. 4 degree Celsius while the maximum temperature recorded in Bhopal was just 15.5 degree Celsius, a sharp decline of 7.8 degree Celsius in the day temperature, though the night temperature does not register any change compared to Monday and remained stable at 10.4 degree Celsius.
The temperature recorded at other major cities of the state also saw sharp decline with Indore recording a minimum and maximum of 9.5 and 19.5 degree Celsius, the night temperature in the commercial capital of the state also remained unchanged as compared to Monday but the day temperature registered a sharp decline of 4.3 degree Celsius. The cultural capital of the state Jabalpur registered a minimum and maximum of 10.8 and 24 degree Celsius. The night temperature here too remained unchanged but the day temperature registered a slight decline of just 1.1 degree Celsius.
Gwalior registered a minimum and maximum of d 8 and 13 degree Celsius, the night temperature here too remained unchanged but the day temperature registered sharp decline of 5 degree Celsius In Bhopal rains blended with dense morning fog reduced visibility to less than 150 metres. Flight operations were severely hit in the morning due to fog. Meteorological department has forecast occurrence of ground frost in the next 24 hours.