The cold wave continued in the State on Sunday with mercury level dipping further in some interior parts.
local Met office sources said the cold wave would continue till December 29. The weather condition would prevail with shallow fog occurring over the northern parts of the State.
Kandhamal district was shivering with the minimum temperature of 2.4 degrees Celsius recorded at Phulbani, while Daringbadi in the district becoming the coldest place of the State with 2.2 degrees Celsius. Some parts of Daringbadi witnessed fall of snowflakes. Other parts of the State which experienced minimum temperatures on Sunday were Koraput (6.5), Jharsuguda (9.8 degrees C), Keonjhargarh (7.1), Sundargarh (7.9), Hirakud (8 degrees C), Bhawanipatna (8.5) and Balangir (8 degrees C).