Wind brings cold from North, mercury takes a dip across Gujarat, Naliya coldest at 4° C

Ahmedabad:

With Northerly and Northeasterly winds bringing cold from Northern states, mercury in several parts of Gujarat has taken a dip with Nailya in Kutch remaining coldest with lowest temperature of 4° C and at least six other places recorded single digit minimum temperatures in the last 24 hours.

The other places with single digit minimum temperature today were Valsad (8.5° C), Deesa (9.7), Amreli (9.0), Mahuva (9.6), Bhuj (9.5) and Kandala Airport (9.0).

In Ahmedabad though some biting cold was felt in the morning and late evening hours yet it was comparatively warmer at the minimum of 12.2° C which was almost normal for this period of winter. The maximum here was 26.4° C which was almost a notch below normal.

Despite the dip in temperatures the met bulletin today has not issued any ‘cold wave’ warning. It has also predicted dry weather and clear sky with no significant drop in minimum temperatures in the the next two-three days.

The maximum and minimum temperatures at various places in Gujarat and adjoining union territory of Diu in the last 24 horus was as follows –
PORBANDAR 29.6 10.5 AHMEDABAD 26.4 12.2 RAJKOT 28.6 10.7 DEESA 27.8 09.7 VERAVAL 29.8 14.0 GANDHINAGAR 27.1 11.5 DIU 28.4 13.0 SURENDRANAGAR 28.0 12.6 MAHUVA 29.4 09.6 VADODARA 28.7 14.2 BHUJ 29.0 09.5 SURAT 29.6 14.2 VALSAD 28.9 08.5 NALIYA 29.2 04.0 KANDLA PORT 28.1 11.0 AMRELI maximum not available, minimum 09.0 KANDLA AIRPORT 27.9 09.0 BHAVNAGAR 27.1 13.0 DWARKA 28.8 13.8 OKHA 25.0 20.3

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