“The cold wave tightened its grip across Odisha on December 21, as 16 places in the State recorded minimum temperatures below 10°C,” the Meteorological Department said.
“G Udaygiri in Kandhamal district was the coldest place in the eastern State at 4°C,” it said.
Several other places experienced cold conditions, including Semiliguda (5.7°C), Phulbani (6.5°C), Kirei (6.6°C), Koraput (7.6°C), Angul and Daringbadi (8°C), Rourkela (8.3°C), Keonjhar (8.4 °C), and Sundergarh (8.6°C) it said.
The twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack also felt the chill, recording minimum temperatures of 12.4°C and 12.8°C, respectively.
In a bulletin, the Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, said minimum temperatures are likely to remain 2-3°C below normal at a few places in the State during the next two days.
