Madhya Pradesh is under the grip of freezing temperatures as mercury dipped to 2.3 degree Celsius on Wednesday night and frost conditions would be witnessed warned Met department.
Reeling under intense cold conditions several regions witnessed cold wave conditions in the past 24 hours and these regions are Rewa, Satna, Umaria, Jabalpur, Seoni, Nowgong, Ratlam, Gwalior and Datia.
Shahdol was the division which recorded significant decrease in night temperatures while Rewa, Jabalpur, Sagar and Gwalior divisions recorded dip in night temperatures.
The next 24 hours would be even harsher as warning of cold wave conditions have been issued for Chambal division, Gwalior, Datia, Ratlam, Chatarpur, Rewa, Satna, Umaria, Shahdol , Jabalpur, Seoni and Balaghat.
The Met department has issued warning of ground frost conditions in Umaria, Shahdol, Gwalior, Datia and Chhatarpur districts. State capital witnessing intense cold conditions continue to remain chilling cold with foggy conditions and cold winds making cold conditions extreme.
The night temperature was recorded at 7.8 degree Celsius which was slightly higher than previous day and would be recorded around 9 degree Celsius on Friday.
In the past two days steep decrease in temperatures have been witnessed and trend is prevalent across the state uniformly and would remain around same levels in the next 2-3 days.
Among nearby regions Raisen dipped to 5.2 degree Celsius.
The regions which were with very low night temperatures were Nowgong with 2.5 degree Celsius, Khajuraho with 3 degree Celsius, Rewa with 3.8 degree Celsius, Satna with 4.6 degree Celsius, Gwalior recorded 4 degree Celsius and Guna recorded 6 degree Celsius.