Cold wave conditions prevail in Odisha, Daringbadi shivers at 7 deg C

Cold wave conditions prevailed in Odisha on Thursday, with a minimum temperature of around 14 degrees Celsius in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.

By: PTI
Bhubaneshar | December 16, 2021 02:35 PM IST

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Phulbani town, the district headquarters of Kandhamal also recorded 9 degrees Celsius, the official said. (Representational)

Cold wave conditions prevailed in Odisha on Thursday, with the mercury dropping below 15 degrees Celsius in at least 22 places, a senior official said.

Daringbadi in Kandhamal district, often referred to as ‘Kashmir of Odisha’, registered the lowest temperature in the state at 7 degrees Celsius – 0.5 degrees less than what it was the day before.

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Phulbani town, the district headquarters of Kandhamal also recorded 9 degrees Celsius, the official said.

The minimum temperature hovered around 14 degrees Celsius in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.

Keonjhar logged 10.4 °C, Jharsuguda and Koraput 10.6°C, Titilagarh 10.8 °C, Bhawanipatna 11°C and Sundargarh at 11.5 °C. The night temperature dropped to 12.8 °C in Bolangir and Sonepur.

The Met Office, in its weather forecast, said that the minimum temperature is very likely to fall by 3 to 4°C over the next two to three days.

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