Rain brings respite from heat, humidity

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After a short break in rainfall for two days, the State capital woke up to dense clouds on Monday. It witnessed infrequent spells of rain throughout the day providing relief from the rising level of humidity.

According to the Meteorological Department, the low pressure area formed over North-East Madhya Pradesh will lead to heavy rainfall in the eastern parts of the state including Rewa, Sagar and Jabalpur divisions.

The department has warned that many areas in these divisions rare likely to receive heavy rainfall in next 48 hours. Other places will receive moderate rainfall.

Among the regions which received highest rainfall is Sidhi which recorded 4 cm of rainfall, Jabalpur which recorded 3 cm rainfall, Bhopal and Gwalior which recorded 1 cm of rainfall.Temperatures continue to remain low despite the break in monsoon activity over the weekend.

The night temperatures in the State capital remained low and on Monday it was recorded at 22.4 degree Celsius which was 2 degree below the normal temperature.

Minimum temperature of the major cities had dropped down due to the rains in the last week. The night temperature among the major cities is in the range of 21-25 degree Celsius.

Jabalpur recorded the lowest night temperature and day temperature among major cities at 21.2 degree Celsius and 25.1 degree Celsius on Monday.  The day temperature was 8 degree Celsius below the normal temperature.

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