Kolhapur: The minimum temperature drops to one digit in several parts of Maharashtra on Monday with Mahabaleshwar Hill Station report 6.5 ° C, followed by Nashik City at 6.6 ° C and Jalgaon 9.2 ° C.
According to the Indian Meteorology Department, this is the second time this winter that the minimum temperature in Mahabaleshwar has dropped into the digit.
Nashik City also reports the lowest minimum temperature of the season.
The minimum temperature in Aurangabad fell two degrees to 10.2 ° C.
Visitors to hilly areas, wrapped in Woollens, rejoiced in cold weather and foggy conditions.
Ankita Goel, who came to Panhala fortress from Pune, said, “This is my third visit to Panhala and the fort has never been extraordinary as it is now.
The weather is foggy and cold wind blowing.” With mercury falling in Nashik on Monday, people – People sit a campfire to keep themselves warm up the IMD says the minimum temperature will apply to the same level for another day but will begin to increase at least.
“North India has been swept by cold waves.
Cold winds with speeds of 10 kmps have flown here for the past 24 hours.
We expect such a wind to continue for the next two days,” said an IMD official.
Weather experts Patil said, “Goa, South Maharashtra and the North Karnataka area will see conditions that are not totally, cloudy, and very windy until January 26.
The temperature will fall further.
Strong winds clearly show anti-cycle wind patterns in the region as Observed through satellite images.
“The South Maharashtra District in Sangli, Satara, Solapur and Kolhapur recorded a decline in sudden temperatures on Monday.
Kolhapur records a minimum temperature of 16 ° C, Sangli 16.5 ° C, Solapur 14 ° C and Satara 14.9 ° C on Monday.
In the Marathawada region, the minimum temperature in Aurangabad dropped two degrees below normal on Monday.
At 23.3 ° C, the maximum temperature in the district also dipped seven degrees below normal.
Meteorology Independent Kirankumar Johare said the dust blew into several parts of Maharashtra, along with the west wind, producing blurred conditions.
“The weather is foggy and soaking at the level of mercury can be associated with Western disorders,” he said, adding that unusual conditions are expected to subside for a moment.
According to the IMD, the minimum temperature is expected to increase gradually from January 26 and can drift around 14 ° C on January 29.
Some residents who enthusiastically clicked on the sun images in the middle of cold weather conditions.
“On Sunday night, I looked at the sky just to find the sun look more like a month.
I shared photos on social media,” said Sangram Beetkar from Aurangabad.
Many residents said the mercury rate decreased forced them to remove their warm clothes.
“It was just as good as the cold winter this morning, which was very unusual after Sankranti.
My children also wear warm clothes to avoid catching colds and suffering other health problems,” said Vanita Kale, a housewife.
The minimum temperature in Niphad, the belt of wine retrieval in the Nashik district, fell to 5.5 degrees on Monday, triggering concern among wine cultivators.
Most vineyards are ready to be harvested and a minimum temperature decline can affect wine.
Wine farmers have begun to take steps such as using drip irrigation and make a campfire in vineyards.
(With input from Tushar Pawar in Nashik and Prasad Joshi in Aurangabad)