With the winter setting in, there has been a considerable dip in the night temperatures in the past few days in many places of the State.
The mercury plummeted below 15 degree Celsius in eight places on Sunday, said the Regional Office of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) here on Monday. The lowest temperature of 10 degree Celsius was recorded at Daringbadi in Kandhamal district, making it the coldest place in the State . Daringbadi was followed by Phulbani, the headquarter town of Kandhamal district, where the mercury dropped to 11.5 degree, the IMD said.
The other places which recorded temperature below 15 degrees were: Koraput 12 degree, Keonjhar 13.5 degree, Bhawanipatna 14.2 degree, Jharsuguda 14.2 degree, Titlagarh 14.8 degree and Sonepur 14.8 degree, the weather office said. The temperature in Bhubaneswar was 17.4 degree and in Cuttack 17 degree.
The places that recorded 20 degree Celsius or below were Malkangiri 15.5 degree, Angul 16 degree, Hirakud 16.2 degree, Nayagarh 16.5 degree, Sambalpur 16.7 degree, Chandbali 16.8 degree, Baripada 16.8 degree, Talcher 17 degree, Baleswar 17.6 degree, Sundargarh 18.5 degree, Paradip 19.2 degree, Gopalpur 19.6 degree and Puri 20 degree, the IMD said. Similarly, the temperature dipped to 17.4 degree Celsius in Bhubaneswar while in neighbouring Cuttack it came down lowest to 17 degree on Sunday, said the weather office.