BBSR 9.5 degree, Daringbadi coldest at 6 degree
Mercury continued to dip further across the State with the temperature settling at 9.5 degree Celsius in the capital city on Friday night.
While Kandhamal district’s Daringbadi, known as Kashmir of Odisha, remained the coldest place in the State at 6 degree Celsius, the town witnessed heavy frost for the first time during winter in 2018.
According to the Regional Office of Indian Metrological Department (IMD), several stations across the State recorded temperatures below 10 degree Celsius.
While Angul recorded 6.6 degree Celsius, Keonjhar shivered at 6.9 degree, Phulbani and Sundargarh at 7 degrees and Sambalpur recorded 8.1 degree. Baleswar and Baripada both recorded 8.5 degree and the mercury stayed at 9.4 degree in Cuttack.
While dense fog was witnessed in several places of the State, R Udayagiri, Chatrapur, Brahampur and Gopalpur in southern parts of Odisha experienced moderate rainfall, reports said.
Earlier, the meteorological department had predicted that under the impact of westerly wind over southern and coastal parts of Odisha and northern coastal belts of Andhra Pradesh, the State would witness extreme cold wave condition.
The IMD also forecast that under its influence, the temperature would fall further from today and the cold wave condition would continue till December 31.