For the second time in January, Madhya Pradesh has been shivered by severe cold. Due to icy winds, the day and night temperature has dropped by 2 to 3 degrees in the entire state including Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Ujjain.
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According to the Meteorological Department, there will be severe cold for the next 3 days. At the same time, there will be cloudy and drizzly weather from January 10. Light rain is expected in many cities on January 12.
After the activity of Western Disturbance in North India, the speed of cold wind has increased. On Tuesday, jet stream winds blew at a speed of 250 km per hour at a height of 12.5 km, the effect of which was seen in the entire state.
There will be an impact of cold winds on 8th, 9th and 10th January also. On Wednesday, half of the state will be affected by fog. At the same time, cold wave will prevail in the districts of Gwalior-Chambal and Sagar divisions.
Melting of snow will increase the cold further
There has been snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Ladakh. This snow is melting now. In such a situation, the wind speed has also increased. According to the Meteorological Department, the weather of the state will remain cold in January.
The cold wave is expected to last for 20 to 22 days. There was severe cold in the first week of January. Now the second round has started.
The weather will be like this this week
- There has been a drop in day and night temperatures due to the influence of northern wind. Similar weather will continue for the next 3 days.
- Western Disturbance will be active in North-West India on January 10. Due to this effect, there may be drizzle from January 12.
The weather will be like this for the next 4 days
- 8 January: There will be effect of cold wave in Gwalior, Sheopur, Morena, Bhind, Datia, Niwari, Tikamgarh and Chhatarpur. Whereas, Bhopal, Ujjain, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Sheopur, Morena, Bhind, Datia, Niwari, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Shivpuri, Guna, Ashoknagar, Rajgarh, Vidisha, Sehore, Narmadapuram, Raisen, Narsinghpur, Satna, Rewa, Mauganj, Sidhi, Singrauli, Maihar, Katni, Umaria, There will be moderate to dense fog in Shahdol, Anuppur, Dindori.
- 9 January: The weather will be clear, but the effect of cold will remain.
- 10 January: There are chances of light rain at isolated places in Gwalior, Sheopur, Morena, Bhind, Datia, Niwari, Tikamgarh and Chhatarpur.
- 11 January: There are chances of rain in Gwalior, Morena, Sheopur, Bhind, Datia, Niwari, Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh, Panna, Satna and Rewa.
Day temperature dropped by 6.4 degrees in Bhopal, 18.4 degrees in Gwalior
Madhya Pradesh has again become cold due to icy wind. On Tuesday, there was a significant drop in daytime mercury in many cities of the state. The mercury in the capital Bhopal was 21.4 degrees. The mercury dropped by 6.4 degrees in a single day.
The temperature in Gwalior was 18.4 degrees Celsius. 19.9 degrees in Pachmarhi, 21.6 degrees in Dhar, 21.3 degrees in Guna, 22.1 degrees in Indore, 23.2 degrees in Raisen, 22.5 degrees in Ratlam, 22.5 degrees in Ujjain, 21.4 degrees in Jabalpur, 20.2 degrees in Khajuraho, 19.8 degrees in Naugaon, 18 degrees in Rewa, 19.5 degree Celsius was recorded in Satna, 19.6 degree in Sidhi, 20 degree in Tikamgarh, 22.2 degree in Malajkhand, 23.4 degree Celsius in Seoni.
Earlier in the morning the effect of fog was also seen. According to the Meteorological Department, visibility was up to 50 meters in Anuppur, Satna, Maihar, Chhatarpur, Panna, Tikamgarh, Sagar, Damoh, Indore, Narsinghpur, Rewa airports.
200 meters in Guna and Gwalior, 250 meters in Bhopal Airport, 300 meters in Khajuraho Airport, 200 to 500 meters in Ratlam, 500 meters in Sidhi, 800 meters in Jabalpur Airport and 500 to 1000 in Narmadapuram including Tikamgarh, Rajgarh, Ujjain. Visibility was recorded up to one meter.
At the same time, there has been a fall in mercury in all the cities of the state on the night of Monday-Tuesday. The only coldest hill station was Pachmarhi. The night temperature here reached 7 degrees. Guna-Ratlam recorded 7.4 degrees, Naugaon-Tikamgarh 7.5 degrees, Rajgarh 7.6 degrees, Dhar-Mandla 8.7 degrees, Sagar 8.9 degrees and Raisen 9.6 degrees.
Talking about big cities, the temperature was recorded at 9 degrees in Bhopal, 9.3 degrees in Indore, 9.7 degrees in Gwalior, 9.8 degrees in Ujjain and 9.4 degrees in Jabalpur.
Record breaking cold in November-December
This time it is very cold. The cold in November-December has broken records. If we talk about November, the record of 36 years has been broken in Bhopal. In Indore, Ujjain, Jabalpur and Gwalior also the mercury remained below normal by 7 degrees.
At the same time, cold broke the record in December also. The situation was such that December was colder than January in the entire state. Cold broke records in many cities including Bhopal. Cold wave lasted for 9 days. December cold in Bhopal broke the record of 58 years.
Timings of schools have been changed in many districts including Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, while heaters were installed in Bhopal’s Van Vihar National Park to protect animals from cold. Efforts were also made to protect God from the cold.
This was the winter trend in January in 5 big cities of MP…
Temperature has reached 0.6 degrees in Bhopal
Bhopal experiences severe cold in January. At the same time, there is a feeling of heat during the day and there is also a trend of rain. The night temperature record on January 18, 1935 was 0.6 degrees. Whereas on January 26, 2009, the day temperature was recorded at 33 degrees.
It has rained 7 out of the last 10 years. The maximum rainfall of 2 inches in 24 hours was on January 6, 2004. At the same time, the highest monthly rainfall of 3.8 inches occurred in January 1948.
The mercury has reached minus 1.1 degrees in Indore.
The cold record in Indore has reached minus in January. On January 16, 1935, the mercury was recorded at minus 1.1 degrees. This is an overall record. At the same time, on January 27, 1990, the day temperature was 33.9 degrees.
The record for highest rainfall in 24 hours is on January 6, 1920. More than 3 inches of water had fallen on this day. At the same time, in the year 1920, the highest monthly rainfall was recorded at 4 inches. This time too there is an alert of severe cold. In such a situation, last year’s temperature record may be broken.
The record mercury in Jabalpur was 1.1 degrees in 1946.
There is a trend of cold and rain in Jabalpur also in January. It is coldest this month. On January 7, 1946, the night temperature reached a record 1.1 degrees Celsius. At the same time, the highest temperature of the day was 33.4 degrees on January 7, 1973.
It also rains this month. The record for highest rainfall in 24 hours was 2.5 inches on January 24, 1919. This year, more than 8 inches of water had fallen in the entire month. This time Mawatha is expected to fall.
Gwalior is coldest due to northern wind
Due to northern winds, Gwalior-Chambal remains the coldest in the state. There is a trend of severe cold here in January. If we look at the records of the last 10 years, the temperature was recorded at 1.9 degrees in 2018 and 2.4 degrees in 2019.
On January 24, 1954, the night temperature was minus 1.1 degrees. It also rains in Gwalior in January. It has rained for 9 years between 2014 and 2024. The record of highest rainfall in 24 hours is of January 8, 1926. 2.1 inches of water had fallen on this day. At the same time, in 1948, the total monthly rainfall was 3.1 inches.
The mercury has reached zero degree in Ujjain.
Ujjain also has the influence of north wind. Because of this it is extremely cold here. On January 22, 1962, the mercury was 0 degrees Celsius. In the last 10 years the temperature has ranged from 2 to 5.8 degrees. The record for highest rainfall in 24 hours is held on January 11, 1987. One and a quarter inch of water had fallen on this day. Whereas, the highest total monthly rainfall was 2.2 inches in 1994.
