Cold wave grips Odisha as mercury dips to 5.5 degree Celsius at Phulbani

Bhubaneswar, 20/12: Odisha woke up to a cold morning as a cold wave grips all Odisha. As per the Regional Meteorological center, 11 places in the state recorded minimum temperature below  11 degrees Celsius.

Phulbani was the coldest place in Odisha with a minimum temperature of 5.5 degrees Celsius followed by  Jharsuguda (7.4), Angul (8.6), Daringbadi (9), Baripada (8.5), Koraput (8.6), Bhawanipatna (9.2), Balangir (9.4), Keonjhar (9.5), Boudh (10.5), Talcher (10.6), Cuttack (11.6), Bhubaneswar (13.9), Balasore (11.5), Paradip (14.3), Puri (15.6), Sambalpur (11), Titlagarh (11.5), Malkangiri (13), Sonepur (11), and Nayagarh (13).

The meteorological center also predicts a fall in temperature by 1 to 2 degree celsius in the coming 2-3 days.