Madhya Pradesh continued to reel under severe cold wave. Though the condition in the State Capital was normal, but cold prevailed. In this backdrop, the State Government has decided to continue with the schools' timing from 10 am till January 30. Earlier, the orders were only till January 23.
In several parts of the State, the weather conditions were reported harsh on Sunday. Cold wave conditions were reported in Rewa, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Hoshangabad and Ujjain divisions, while the weathermen had predicted that Raisen and Khandwa districts would witness chilly weather in next 24 hours.
City recorded day temperature at 24.3 degree Celsius while the night temperature at 8.3 degree Celsius. Indore recorded day temperature at 27 degree Celsius and day temperature at 8.9 degree Celsius. Jabalpur recorded the day temperature at 22.7 degree Celsius and night temperature at 5.6 degree Celsius.
Among those regions which would witness medium to dense fog according to the warning issued by Met department were Morena, Bhind, Gwalior and Datia. Warning of frost was issued for Rewa, Mandla, Narsinghpur and Umaria districts. Malajkhand, Seoni and Khandwa witnessed cold wave conditions in the past 24 hours.
The rainfall and thunder showers witnessed in past 7-8 days, have brought the temperature down by few notches and the gradual decrease had continued which would continue make the weather conditions harsh.
In the present weather conditions early morning and late night hours are witnessed with intense cold conditions. Dindhori touched freezing point on Saturday; night temperature was recorded at 0 degree Celsius while Mandla recorded night temperature 2.6 degree Celsius.
Night temperatures were recorded at 4 degree Celsius which was witnessed at four places in the past 24 hours. Satna, Mandla, Malajkhand and Umaria recorded the lowest night temperature at 4 degree Celsius.
Amarkantak recorded night temperature at 0 degree Celsius, Shahdol recorded night temperature at .6 degree Celsius. Satna recorded night temperature at 4.9 degree Celsius, Damoh recorded night temperature at 5 degree Celsius, Seoni recorded night temperature 6.6 degree Celsius, Balaghat recorded night temperature 6.7 degree Celsius and Katni recorded night temperature at 7 degree Celsius.