Garhwa, Daltonganj become colder than Ranchi

Ranchi: Jharkhand continued to reel under the winter chill on Friday with Garhwa becoming the coldest district in the state, recording a lowest minimum temperature of 5.7 degrees Celsius. Even the maximum temperature here recorded at 20.1 degrees was the lowest in state.
With a negative departure of 3.4 notches, Daltonganj recorded 6.5 degrees Celsius as minimum and 22.8 degrees C maximum which was also 3.9 notches below normal.
Dip in both minimum and maximum temperatures in Ranchi was also observed than the previous day. The maximum temperature at 20.2 degrees C was 3.9 notches below normal while minimum temperature at 6.6 degrees C was also 3.7 notches below normal.
Due to light winds blowing from early morning, the feel temperature in Ranchi was even lower. People in the rural areas complained of extreme cold, especially during the morning hours.
Scientist at Ranchi IMD, Abhishek Anand, said there could be a difference of 2-3 degrees in the temperature recorded in the urban and that of rural areas, particularly where there is less of concrete and more trees.
“Our automatic weather station at Kanke is out of order and due to Covid and lockdown, it hasn’t been repaired but we can assume that the temperature in rural Ranchi/Kanke could be a few notches below the temperature recorded in Ranchi,” he said.