he winter season has set in in Odisha with the minimum temperature dropping below 20 degree Celsius in several places on Thursday.
As many as 15 places recorded a minimum temperature below 20 degree Celsius. Koraput emerged as the coldest with the minimum temperature dipping to 14.2 degree Celsius, said the Regional Office of the IMD here on Thursday.
Daringbadi in Kandhamal district registered a temperature of 16 degree Celsius while Boudh, Sonepur and Phulbani recorded17 degree.
The twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack recorded minimum temperatures of 21.1 and 20.6 degree Celsius, respectively.
Dry weather would prevail in the State in the next three to four days. There would be no significant change in the day and night temperatures.