Bhubaneswar: With a cold wave sweeping Odisha, mercury levels plummeted sharply across the state with the capital city recording 14.1°C, 5.3 notches below normal, India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Thursday.

This is the lowest temperature recorded in Bhubaneswar this season so far. The mercury had dipped to 14.8°C in the city on November 10. ADVERTISEMENT

Interestingly, Bhubaneswar had recorded its all-time lowest minimum temperature this month at 9.7°C on November 30, 1970, followed by 10.9°C on November 26, 1968.

The neighbouring Cuttack recorded 14.6°C, 4.1°C below normal, in the last 24 hours.

The night temperature dropped below 8°C in the hill stations of Kandhamal and Koraput. Semiliguda was the coldest in the state at 7.1°C, followed by Daringbadi at 7.5°C and G

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