Cold wave to become less severe after 24 hours, Nailya today remained coldest at 4.4°C

Ahmedabad: Cold wave conditions continued today in parts of Gujarat with at least six places seeing single digit minimum temperatures and Naliya in Kutch district remaining coldest at 4.4 °C, the lowest at any place in the state so-far this winter.

Among other places with low temperatures were Kandala Airport (6.2 °C ), Amreli (8.6 °C ), Deesa (9 °C ), Gandhinagar (9.6 °C ) and Mahuva (9.6 °C ).

However the met department has predicted some decrease in the intensity of cold after tomorrow with gradual rise in minimum temperatures.

Severe cold wave conditions prevailed at isolated pockets in the districts of Saurashtra- Kutch namely Kutch, Bhavnagar, Amreli while Cold wave conditions prevailed at isolated pockets in the districts of Gujarat region namely Gandhinagar, Valsad.

The met bulletin has issued cold wave warning for tomorrow as well and said that cold wave conditions were very likely to prevail at isolated pockets in the districts of Saurashtra- Kutch namely Kutch, Bhavnagar.

No large change in minimum temperature very likely over the region during next 24 hours, thereafter gradual rise in minimum temperature very likely over the region.

Ahmedabad recorded a minimum of 10.5 °C which was 3.2 °C below normal, the maximum here at 27.6 °C was also 2 notches below normal.

The maximum and Minimum temperatures (in Degree Celsius) at various places across Gujarat and in the adjoining union territory of Diu today was as following –
PORBANDAR 30.3 12.0 AHMEDABAD 27.6 10.5 RAJKOT 30.4 11.0 DEESA 27.3 09.0 VERAVAL 28.0 13.8 GANDHINAGAR Not Available, 09.6 DIU 28.0 12.0 SURENDRANAGAR 29.0 13.0 V.V. NAGAR NA, 13.2 MAHUVA 30.4 09.6 VADODARA 29.5 10.8 BHUJ 30.1 11.6 SURAT 29.7 14.4 VALSAD 31.4 10.6 NALIYA 28.4 04.4 KANDLA PORT 29.1 11.3 AMRELI 31.6 08.6 KANDLA AIRPORT 27.8 06.2 BHAVNAGAR 28.4 10.6 DWARKA 27.8 15.0.

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