Bhopal: 0.2degree Celsius temperature recorded in MP's Nowgong, schools closed in some districts

Bhopal: 0.2degree Celsius temperature recorded in MP's Nowgong, schools closed in some districts

Traffic on the roads was thin in many parts of the state while people were seen huddling around bonfires.

PTIUpdated: Friday, January 06, 2023, 03:14 PM IST
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Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Schools were closed in a few districts of Madhya Pradesh on Friday as the intense cold spell continued across the state, officials said.

The lowest temperature was recorded at 0.2 degree Celsius in Nowgong town of Chhatarpur district in the morning, said HS Pandey, a senior official at the India Meteorological Department (IMD) office here.

Traffic on the roads was thin in many parts of the state while people were seen huddling around bonfires.

Schools up to Class 8 remained closed in some districts including Bhopal, Indore, Vidisha and Ujjain on the orders of the local administration.

Dense fog was reported in Guna, Satna, Datia, Jabalpur, Sagar and Chhatarpur districts, while moderate fog covered areas of Gwalior, Rewa districts and Nowgaon town in Chhatarpur district.

The minimum temperatures in Bhopal and Indore were recorded at 7.3 and 10.6 degrees Celsius.

Minimum temperatures in the state hovered near 7 degrees Celsius for the fifth day in a row, Pandey said.

Foggy and chilly weather prevailed in north and north-east MP. Datia, Khajuraho, Guna, Gwalior and Sagar cite saw minimum temperatures of 2.5, 2.6, 3.0, 4.2 and 4.6 degrees Celsius, respectively.

Northerly winds following snowfall in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir brought the temperatures down in MP, the IMD official said.

The cold spell is expected to continue for three more days, he said. 

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