With the advent of winter, people in various parts of the State experienced cold waves with 11 places recording temperature below 15 degree Celsius during the past 24 hours. According to the Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, Sonepur recorded the lowest temperature of 9.6 degree Celsius followed by Phulbani and Daringbadi with 10.5 degree Celsius each.Other places that recorded temperature below 15 degree Celsius are Angul (11), Koraput (11.6), Bhawanipatna (12.2), Jharsuguda (13) , Keonjhar (13.8), Baripada (14.2), Balangir (14.6) and Sambalpur (14.7).
Bhubaneswar and Cuttack recorded minimum temperatures of 18 and 16.8 degree Celsius, respectively.
Temperature may fall by three to four degree Celsius in southern districts in the next few days, predicted the weather office.