Though there is no significant change in temperature, the minimum temperature slightly went up at many places over the districts of north interior Odisha and at one or two places over the south coastal parts of the state, the Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar said.

While the highest maximum temperature of 34.5 degrees Celsius was recorded in Titilagarh, the lowest minimum temperature of 14.6 degrees Celsius was recorded at Nabarangpur.

However, the MeT Centre said that the night temperature for the next three days is likely to fall by 2-3 degrees Celsius.

Shallow to moderate fog is likely to engulf many places in the Ganjam, Kandhamal, Koraput, and Kalahandi districts, while dense fog will probably occur in areas in Gajapati and Nayagarh.

As per the Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar, Koraput was followed by Daringbadi in Kandhamal district at 8.5 degree Celsius. Similarly, G Udaygiri, also in Kandhamal, recorded a minimum temperature of 9 degree Celsius, followed by the district headquarters town of Phulbani at 10.5 degree Celsius.

Both Angul and Bhawanipatna recorded minimum temperature of 12 degree Celsius. As many as six places in the state recorded minimum (night) temperature of 12 degree Celsius and below as the mercury continued to rise in most parts of the state.

The temperature in most parts of the state stood 2 to 4 degree above normal and the impact of cold got reduced considerably.

While Bhubaneswar recorded the minimum temperature of 15.8 degree Celsius (1.6 degree above normal), the night temperature stood at 15.5 degree Celsius in Cuttack (2 degree above normal).
The MeT Centre has forecast that some parts of the state are expected to experience light rain in the first week of January.

As the mercury started rising, many parts of the state were enveloped by dense fog, disrupting normal life and vehicular movement on Saturday morning.

Dense fog was experienced in places like Phulbani, Khurda, Koraput, Daringbadi and Sonepur with visibility level getting reduced to around 50 metres.

Shallow to moderate fog was experienced in Bhawanipatna, Titlagarh, Keonjhar, Rourkela and Sambalpur.

Sixteen places in the state recorded temperature below 10 degree Celsius – Semiliguda in Koraput (5.7), Phulbani (6.5), Sundargarh’s Kirei (6.6), Koraput (7.6), Angul & Daringbadi (8), Rourkela (8.3), Keonjhar (8.4), Sundargarh (8.6), Bhawanipatna, Jharsuguda & Nabarangpur (9), Bhadrak’s Ranital (9.1), Sonepur (9.6) and Balangir 10.

The twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack also continued to feel the winter chill and experienced the coldest day of the season as the mercury dropped to 12.4 and 12.8 degree Celsius respectively.

The MeT Centre has forecast no large change in the night temperature for a day or two. Minimum temperature is likely to remain 2-3 degree Celsius below normal at a few places in the state during next 2 days. It is likely to rise thereafter by 2-3 degree Celsius at many places.