On Thursday State witnessed the coldest night of the year at 4 degrees Celsius, recorded in Damoh. The region witnessed cold wave conditions.
In the wake of the abrupt and harsh weather conditions several trains have been delayed by hours and several were canceled leaving the passengers with no options as the air traffic has also suffered due to the inclement weather conditions which kept the flights grounded and several were cancelled.
little relief could be sought from the road transport during the day but still the early morning and wee hours would offer fog and haze making the journey difficult. Cold conditions occurred in the day after chilly winds made the weather conditions harsh in the early morning hours.
The night temperatures have dipped at lower levels and were recorded below the normal temperature on Thursday. Met department told that on Thursday night temperatures recoded significant decrease in night temperatures in Rewa and Sagar divisions.
Warning of cold wave conditions has been issued by Met department and cold wave conditions are likely to occur in Rewa division and Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Panna, Betul and Damoh in the next 24 hours.
In the next 24 hours foggy conditions are likely to occur in Chambal division and Gwalior, Datia, Shivpuri, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Panna and Rewa districts. State witnessed the lowest night temperature of the season at 4 degree celsius on Thursday at Damoh.
City recorded night temperature at 10.4 degree celsius while the day temperature was recorded at 26.8 degree celsius.
Met officials told that the wind direction was northerly and slight increase in the speed of winds had made the day conditions cold on Thursday.
The temperature in Jabalpur district fell sharply on Thursday and was recorded 4 degree celsius below the normal temperature. The day temperature was recorded at 22.3 degrees Celsius, said Met officials.
Among the major cities Indore recorded day temperature at 27.4 degree celsius and night temperature at 9.5 degree celsius, Gwalior recorded day temperature at 25. 8 degrees Celsius.