Temperatures slightly to moderately improve yet biting cold persists, Amdavad 10.4

Gandhinagar: Biting cold feeling is still persisting at several places across the state including Ahmedabad even though temperatures have slightly to moderately improved yet mercury went in single digit at at-least six places across Gujarat today and Naliya again remaining coldest at 4.2 °C almost a notch higher than all time low of this season (3.3 °C ) recorded yesterday.

Met department has predicted further improvement in temperatures in the coming days and weather to become warmer as the mercury is likely to go up gradually by 3 to 4 °C.

According to the official data issued by the IMD center Ahmedabad this morning, Deesa with over 2 °C fall was second coldest today at 6.1 °C. Kandla Airport at 8.3 °C was the third coldest while Bhuj with slight improvement at 8.6°C was at fourth place. Keshod recorded a slightly better minimum of 9.4 °C, Rajkot 9.9°C and Ahmedabad where the mercury had dipped below 10 (9.6 °C) has recorded 10.4.

Among other places Surat had seen a minimum of 16 °C, Vadodara 10.2 °, Diu 12.8 °C, Bhavnagar 14.4 °C and Amreli 10.4°C.

In capital city Gandhinagar where the mercury had dipped over 7 °C in just one night a day before to bring the minimum to second lowest across the state at 7.5 °C has seen an improvement of over 4 notches to record a moderate minimum of 11.8 °C.

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