BHOPAL: The temperatures dipped sharply in Bhopal and other places of the state on Tuesday. It was the coldest day of this January in Bhopal so far. Spine chilling cold weather would be witnessed till the weekend in the state and possibility of respite is dismal.
Officials of the meteorological department, Bhopal circle said, in absence of a system, dry cold wind will blow over the state. Cold wave would be witnessed for at least three days in the state and temperatures will dip sharply, officials added.
Day temperature in Bhopal on Tuesday was recorded at 19.1 degrees Celsius, six degrees less than normal mark, while night temperature in the city was 5.5 degrees Celsius, five degrees less than normal mark. It was the lowest night temperature of the year 2022 in Bhopal. Night temperature dipped to four degrees in a day in the city. It was 9.9 degrees on Monday. Wind direction in the city was north westerly while average wind speed was 12 kilometers per hour.
Lowest minimum temperature in the state was recorded at 4 degrees Celsius in Raisen. Bhopal, Dhar, Raisen and Ratlam reeled under cold wave.
It was a severe cold day in Indore, Dhar, Ujjain, Khandwa, Betul and Raisen while it was a cold day in Bhopal, Jabalpur, Guna, Tikamgarh, Sagar, Naogaon, Khajuraho, Malanjkhand, Mandla, Chhindwara, Ratlam and Shajapur. In the forecast for Bhopal on Wednesday the meteorological officials said, there would be clear sky and dry weather will prevail in the city. Day and night temperature in the city would be respectively at 20 degrees Celsius and 6 degrees Celsius.
