Cold waves return in parts of Gujarat after a brief break, mercury to fall further in next couple of days

Ahmedabad: Cold wave conditions returned after a break of few days in Gujarat as isolated pockets in the districts of Saurashtra- Kutch felt it even as the met department has issued such warning for isolated pockets in the districts of Saurashtra- Kutch, North Gujarat region namely Banaskantha, Sabarkantha , Kutch, Bhavnagar for tomorrow as well.

The met bulletin today said minimum temperatures would further fall by 2 to 3 °C in next two to three days.

The cold wave conditions have returned because of drop in both minimum as well as maximum temperatures.

Today Kandla Airport recorded the lowest at 8.8 °C, Naliya saw 9.3 °C, Gandhinagar also saw below 10 temperature at 9.6 °C. Ahmedabad was fourth in this regard with 10.4 °C which was 2.5 °C below normal. The maximum in Ahmedabad city at 28.4 °C was also slightly below normal.

The maximum and minimum temperatures across Gujarat during last 24 hours was as following –

PORBANDAR 31.3 16.5 AHMEDABAD 28.4 10.4 RAJKOT 28.3 10.8 DEESA 26.4 11.4 VERAVAL 29.5 17.7 GANDHINAGAR 28.4 09.6 DIU 31.7 14.6 SURENDRANAGAR 29.8 13.5 MAHUVA 31.0 13.2 VADODARA 30.4 15.4 BHUJ 27.0 12.6 SURAT 29.6 16.0 VALSAD 31.4 11.6 NALIYA 26.7 09.3 KANDLA PORT 28.8 11.0 AMRELI not available, 11.0 KANDLA AIRPORT 27.6 08.8 BHAVNAGAR 27.8 14.2 DWARKA 26.2 15.5.

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