Cold Nights Grip MP as Bhopal and Indore Break November Records

Bhopal and Indore are seeing sharp drops in night temperatures this November. The chill has arrived early and with force. The mercury in many cities has slipped below 10 degrees for several nights in a row.

Weather expert PK Shah says the wind from the north is driving the change and pushing cold air across Gwalior, Chambal, Ujjain, Indore, Sagar and Bhopal. He adds, “The wind is not moving with the same speed in the southern part, so Pachmarhi stays warmer.”

Cold Nights Grip MP

Bhopal has stayed below 9 degrees for seven straight nights. The city recorded 8.2 degrees on the nights of 12 and 13 November. Clouds covered the sky during morning and evening hours, but the cold held firm. Indore dropped even lower. The city touched 7.6 degrees and marked its coldest November stretch in 25 years. Jabalpur, too, saw a fall in the night temperature.

Rajgarh has been the coldest point in the state. The temperature there touched 7.4 degrees. Cities in the northern belt continue to feel the sharper edge of the wind. Gwalior recorded 11.4 degrees. Ujjain logged 10.7 degrees. Jabalpur stayed at 9.9 degrees. Several eastern districts hovered between 8 and 10 degrees. Rewa reached 8.9 degrees, while Shivpuri held at 9 degrees. Malajkhand recorded 9.8 degrees. Betul and Chhindwara stood near 10 degrees. Datia touched 10.9 degrees.

The only hill station in the state, Pachmarhi, stayed much warmer at 13.4 degrees on the same nights when many cities in the plains saw temperatures close to 8 degrees. The gap shows how much the northern wind pattern controls the cold. Cities in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh also saw higher night temperatures than Bhopal and Indore. Dehradun recorded 10 degrees. Shimla logged 8.2 degrees. Una stood at 8 degrees during the same period.

Cold day conditions have formed in parts of the state. Anuppur and Balaghat face the sharpest dip during daytime. The weather department uses a clear rule for this. Cold day occurs when the minimum temperature stays below 10 degrees and the maximum temperature drops more than 6.5 degrees from the normal range. Many places in Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Sagar and Shahdol divisions fall close to that mark.

Jabalpur 10-Day Forecast

Bhopal 10-Day Forecast

Indore 10-Day Forecast

Gwalior 10-Day Forecast

The second week of November brought the fall that the weather office had predicted. The drop is likely to deepen in the coming days. Districts in Gwalior and Chambal may feel it more because the northern wind moves straight into the region. The past records show how cold November can get. Gwalior once touched 3 degrees in November 56 years ago. Ujjain reached 2.3 degrees 52 years ago during the same month.

Rain may return in the third or fourth week. Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur often see light showers in November when a fresh system becomes active. The shift from dry cold to moist cold may shape the final days of the month.

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