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Cold wave worsens in Rajasthan

Cold conditions continued unabated in parts of Rajasthan.

The weather office said icy northernly winds worsened the situation in the state in the past 24 hours, with night temperatures further dipping by two to three degree Celsius at places.

Cold wave conditions also prevailed in parts of Bihar, east Uttar Pradesh, east Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Kutch, Gujarat, north central Maharashtra, Marathwada, Vidarbha and Telangana.

Night temperatures were appreciably below normal in Orissa and in parts of south central Maharashtra, coastal Andhra Pradesh, south interior Karnataka and in the remaining parts of Gujarat and of Telangana, and were below normal in Gangetic West Bengal.

They were appreciably above normal in Jammu, northwest Rajasthan and in parts of Himachal Pradesh, in the remaining parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh, and were above normal in parts of Haryana.

They were normal over the rest of the country outside Arunchal Pradesh from where the data were sparse.

Rain or thundershowers occurred at isolated places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Assam and Meghalaya and Tamil Nadu.

Mainly dry weather prevailed over the rest of the country.

Rain or snow is likely isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir.

Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at isolated places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Tamil Nadu.

Mainly dry weather will prevail over the rest of the country.

 
                 Temperatures (deg C)

	                Max          Min

Agartala               23(-2)        9(-1)
Ahmedabad              25(-4)        9(-3)
Allahabad              17(-7)        6(-3)
Amritsar               11(-8)        7(+3)
Bangalore              29(+3)        16(+1)
Bareilly               16(-6)        10(+3)
Bhopal                 19(-7)        5(-5)
Bhubaneshwar           26(-2)        13(-3)
Bombay                 31(+2)        20(+1)
Calcutta               23(-4)        12(-2)
Dehra Dun              17(-2)        5(-1)
Dibrugarh              21(-2)        10(+1)
Gadag                  29(-1)        15(-2)
Gangtok                9(-5)         3(-1)
Guwahati               24(+1)        11(+1)
Hyderabad              27(-1)        11(-3)
Indore                 23(-3)        6(-4)
Jaipur                 17(-5)        5(-3)
Jodhpur                23(-2)        7(-2)
Kanyakumari            31            25(+2)
Lucknow                17(-6)        6(-2)
Madras                 31(+2)        21(+1)
Madurai                31(+1)        22(+1)
Mahabaleshwar          27(+3)        10(-4)
Mangalore              33(+1)        21
Minicoy                30            23
Nagpur                 25(-3)        7(-6)
New Delhi              16(-5)        5(-2)
Panaji                 32            20(+1)
Patna                  17(-6)        7(-3)
Pune                   26(-3)        8(-3)
Port Blair             30(+1)        21(-2)
Rajkot                 27(-1)        13(+2)
Raipur                 23(-4)        7(-6)
Shillong               14(-1)        3(-1)
Shimla                 12(+3)        5(+3)
Srinagar               4(-1)         -3(-1)
Thiruvananthapuram     31            22
Tiruchirapalli         31(+1)        21
Varanasi               17(-6)        7(-2)
Vishakhapatnam         30(+2)        22(+5)

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