NAGPUR: This November has been the coldest in more than a decade's time with minimum temperatures dipping to record-breaking limits since the last three days. On the wee hours of Saturday temperature dipped as low as 10.2 degrees on the Celsius scale.
A day ago, the temperature fell down to 10.6 degrees, which became the lowest November temperature of the city in a decade. Two days ago, on Thursday night, the temperature of the city went down to 11 degrees which was the lowest dip in mercury since 2008 when the lowest temperature for the month was 10.6 degrees. This phenomenon is not just limited to the city, almost the whole of Central India is now reeling under a cold wave. The lowest temperature in the month of November that has been experienced in Nagpur was in the year 1912. On November 30 that year, the minimum temperature of the city was 6.7 degrees. The lowest temperature ever experienced in the city was 3.9 degrees on January 7, 1937.
"Cold wave condition is prevailing in almost the whole of Central India including parts of Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh. If strong winds continue to blow for the next day or two, the whole region will be covered by this wave. Also a low pressure area is developing over Bay of Bengal bringing rains to parts of Odisha," said an official of the regional met department.
If it rains in Odisha within the next couple of days, temperature in the region may rise slightly because of the resulting cloud cover, he added. For the next two days, however, the department forecasts a clear sky and dry weather with both the maximum and minimum temperatures around the same as it was on Friday.
Most places of the region showed a minimum temperature that was around 5 degrees less than the normal. Ambikapur in Chhattisgarh was the coldest place in Central India with its minimum temperature for the day being 8 degrees. Vidarbha's lowest minimum temperature was 8.6 degrees that was recorded at Yavatmal, around 9 degrees below normal.
Yavatmal also had the lowest maximum temperature for the day at 28 degrees, followed closely by Gondia at 28.1 degrees and Amravati at 28.2 degrees. The maximum temperatures of most places in the region also slipped a couple of degrees below the normal mark. The maximum temperature of the region for the day was Akola at 31.1 degrees. The maximum temperature in the region was at least a degree below normal at most places.
A day ago, the temperature fell down to 10.6 degrees, which became the lowest November temperature of the city in a decade. Two days ago, on Thursday night, the temperature of the city went down to 11 degrees which was the lowest dip in mercury since 2008 when the lowest temperature for the month was 10.6 degrees. This phenomenon is not just limited to the city, almost the whole of Central India is now reeling under a cold wave. The lowest temperature in the month of November that has been experienced in Nagpur was in the year 1912. On November 30 that year, the minimum temperature of the city was 6.7 degrees. The lowest temperature ever experienced in the city was 3.9 degrees on January 7, 1937.
"Cold wave condition is prevailing in almost the whole of Central India including parts of Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh. If strong winds continue to blow for the next day or two, the whole region will be covered by this wave. Also a low pressure area is developing over Bay of Bengal bringing rains to parts of Odisha," said an official of the regional met department.
If it rains in Odisha within the next couple of days, temperature in the region may rise slightly because of the resulting cloud cover, he added. For the next two days, however, the department forecasts a clear sky and dry weather with both the maximum and minimum temperatures around the same as it was on Friday.
Most places of the region showed a minimum temperature that was around 5 degrees less than the normal. Ambikapur in Chhattisgarh was the coldest place in Central India with its minimum temperature for the day being 8 degrees. Vidarbha's lowest minimum temperature was 8.6 degrees that was recorded at Yavatmal, around 9 degrees below normal.
Yavatmal also had the lowest maximum temperature for the day at 28 degrees, followed closely by Gondia at 28.1 degrees and Amravati at 28.2 degrees. The maximum temperatures of most places in the region also slipped a couple of degrees below the normal mark. The maximum temperature of the region for the day was Akola at 31.1 degrees. The maximum temperature in the region was at least a degree below normal at most places.
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