JAIPUR: After hailstorm and rainfall across the state, mercury continued to take a dip across the state on Monday. Many places witnessed cold conditions, with Fatehpur recording the coldest minimum temperature in the state at 2.3 degrees Celsius, Met reports said.
People in Jaipur woke up to the coldest morning of March since 2015, when a minimum temperature of 5.2 degrees Celsius was recorded. On Monday, the minimum temperature in the city was recorded at 10.2 degrees Celsius, almost 5 degrees below the normal notch.
It was followed by a comparatively chilly afternoon, when a maximum temperature of 24.6 degrees Celsius was recorded. Since no fog and mist was present in the morning, air, road and rail traffic was smooth from Jaipur.
Attributing the dip in mercury to the recent spell of rainfall and hailstorm and also to snowfall in the hilly regions of the country, the Met office in Jaipur said that in the coming days mercury was likely to take an upward swing.
Fatehpur was followed by Mount Abu where a minimum temperature of 4.1°C was recorded, Pilani 5°C, Sangariya 5.2°C, Jaisalmer 6.5°C, Sikar 6.6°C, Alwar 6.8°C, Sirohi 7.8°C, Vanasthali 8°C, Karauli 8.3°C, Bhilwara 8.8°C, Barmer 9°C, Udaipur 9.2°C, Jalore 9.3°C, Anta (Baran) 9.4°C, and 11.1°C in Jodhpur.
The Met office further stated that gradual rise in temperatures will start from Tuesday.
Asked about the forecast for the month of March, an officer at the Met office said, “In the month of March a few more spells of western disturbances will occur which will bring hailstorm, rainfall, lightning and dust storms. Still, in between, the mercury will continue to be on an upward swing.”
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