Bhubaneswar: Odisha shivers in the winter cold as the minimum temperature (night temperature) drops below 10.0°C in as many as 14 places during the last 24 hours. For the first time this season, the mercury plunged to 5.0°C in G. Udayagiri in the Kandhamal district.
The night temperatures dropped below 15°C in several places in the state and the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar also recorded the season’s lowest nighttime temperatures. The minimum temperature at both these places was 13°C last night, the regional center of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Bhubaneswar said today.
Other places in Odisha that recorded minimum temperatures of 10°C or below include G Udayagiri (5°C),
Phulpani (7°C), Kirei (7.5°C), Angul (8°C), Koraput (8°C), Semiliguda (8.4°C), Daringbadi (8.5°C), Keonjahar (8.6°C), Rourkela (8.6°C), Sundargarh (8.8°C), Bhawanipatna (8.9°C), Ranitaal (9°C), Jharsuguda (9.2°C), and Sonepur (10°C).
The weather office further said that there will be no change in the minimum temperature across the state till Sunday, while shallow to moderate fog will occur in several places of Odisha in the morning.
