It’s going to get colder in Pune, says IMD; temperatures reach 13.4°C

The chill is spreading across Maharashtra, with Lohgaon, Ahmednagar, Kolhapur, Malegaon and Mahabaleshwar, among others in Central Maharashtra, recording below-average minimum temperatures. Jalgaon had recorded the state’s first single-digit temperature on Monday. On Tuesday, as well, it remained the coldest, recording a shivery 9.2°C, which is 6.7°C lower than average.

“Cool air blowing from the western Himalayan region comprising areas of Jammu Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand and Himachal along with Northerly winds makes its way through Central India influencing the weather in North Central Maharashtra including Pune,” says Dr Anupam Kashyapi, former head of weather forecasting at IMD.

Winter has set in across the country. IMD says that minimum temperatures were below normal, by 1.6°C to 3.0°C, at many places over Konkan and Goa, besides some places in Marathwada. The minimum was appreciably below normal, i.e. by 5.0°C to 3.1°C, in Vidarbha.

Kashyapi says that children and the elderly, in particular, should take precautions against cold and cough. This weather is likely to help farmers in the growth and production of short-period vegetables, such as spinach and methi or leguminous crops, such as lentils and peas.

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