Pune on Sunday remained the second coldest city in Maharashtra with a minimum temperature of 11.5 degrees Celsius.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday that Maharashtra is under the influence of cold winds blowing from North India. “For the next 48 hours, cold winds will prevail over Maharashtra including Pune. The minimum temperature is expected to drop marginally and remain around 10 degree Celsius till Wednesday,” said Anupam Kashyapi, head, weather forecasting department, IMD, Pune.
However, officials of the Meteorological Department have ruled out the possibility of any cold wave in the state in the coming days. But this week the minimum temperature in the districts of northern Maharashtra may drop below 10 degrees Celsius, Kashyapi said.
Several stations in Madhya Maharashtra and Vidarbha recorded night temperature in the range of 11 to 13 degree Celsius and this trend is to remain here till Wednesday.
Jalgaon was the coldest city in the state on Sunday with a temperature of 11.3 degrees Celsius. Other cities with similar cold conditions in the state were Amravati 11.8 degrees Celsius, Buldhana 12.2 degrees Celsius, Aurangabad 12 degrees Celsius, Solapur 12.4 degrees Celsius, Mahabaleshwar 12.5 degrees Celsius, Wardha 12.6 degrees Celsius and Parbhani 13 degrees Celsius.
The current cold outbreak is likely to subside by Thursday.
“As soon as the cold winds change direction, the minimum temperature will rise again,” the IMD said.
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