The Met office here on Tuesday predicted that the cold wave condition, which prevailing in most parts of Odisha, especially in the interior and southern districts, would continue for the next 48 hours.
According to an official release, Phulbani continued to remain the coldest place at 5.2 degrees while temperature slumped to single digit in Angul (9.6), Baripada (9.5), Jharsuguda (8.2), Keonjhar (7.4), Sambalpur (9.5), Sundargarh (8.9), Hirakud (7.3), Bhawanipatna (7.2), Balangir (8.5), Koraput (8.4), Daringbadi (7) and Dhenkanal (9.4).
Places where temperature remained between 10 and 13 degrees are Baleswar (11.2), Cuttack (12), Bhubaneswar (12.1), Talcher (11.2), Titilagarh (10) and Malkangiri (10.2). The Met office predicted rain or thundershower in places over interior Odisha on January 24.