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Imphal, Dec. 28 (EMN): Imphal records the lowest temperature among all the capital cities of the seven north-eastern states since Christmas till Friday, India Meteorological department reports.
The mercury plunging to 4.3 degree Celsius (4.2 degree as per Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Manipur Centre) in Imphal on Friday, the IMD report said, while Shillong recorded a minimum temperature of 6.3 degree Celsius.
Similarly, Kohima recorded minimum temperature of 4.8 degree Celsius, Aizawl NA (12.2 on Thursday), Agartala 9.8, Dispur (Guwahati) 14.5 and Itanagar 11.4, the report said.
According to the Regional Meteorological centre reports, the minimum temperature is expected to hover around 3 degree Celsius till December 29 while maximum temperature is expected to hover around 21 degrees Celsius.
After Imphal, Senapati, a hill town located about 60 km north of Imphal along Imphal-Dimapur highway becomes second coldest place with a minimum temperature of 4.9 degree Celsius (Environment dept records) on Friday.
Residents of Ukhrul, another hill town, 84 km north east of Imphal, claimed that the minimum temperature in the hill town also went down all of a sudden since Christmas. Ukhrul records minimum of 5.2 degree Celsius.
As a result the younger generation comes out and joins the local post Christmas festivities while the older ones stays at home, a resident said when contacted on phone.
Similarly some researchers who visited the villages under Tamei area in Tamenglong district experienced the coldest Christmas season. However there are no official temperature records as yet.
Interestingly January 13 (2.3 degree Celsius) was the coldest day in Imphal in 2010 whereas with a record low of 3.2 degrees Celsius, Aizawl records coldest day on January 13 in 2017.
The national capital also recorded a minimum temperature of 3.7 degrees Celsius on Friday, four notches below the season’s average, news reports said. The maximum temperature is expected to soar around 21 degrees Celsius.
