Indore: The city continued to reel below cold wave with minimum temperature plummeting to 8 degrees Celsius on Monday evening turning it the coldest evening of this season.
Regional meteorological division officials stated city will witness cold day circumstances for subsequent 48 hours. City’s maximum temperature on Monday was 20.6 degrees Celsius, which was six degrees under the typical.
“Following the cold wave, the minimum temperature in the city dropped by a few notches. The day temperature will also remain below normal,” division officials stated.
Meanwhile, physicians have advised persons to sip hot drinks particularly warm milk with turmeric to soothe the sore throat throughout evening. General doctor Dr Mahendra Jha stated elderly persons, these suffering from heart illness and diabetes are becoming advised by physicians to take flu vaccines and prevent exposure to cold climate, particularly throughout evening and early morning.
Lowest temp of century in 1936: According to meteorological division officials, the lowest temperature in December was recorded on December 27, 1936, which was 1.1 degrees Celsius at evening in Indore. Lowest temperature in final 10 years in December was recorded in 2014 at 5 degrees Celsius.