Nashik city’s temperature dips to 12.7 degrees celsius, Jalgaon coldest in Maharashtra

NASHIK: In just three days, the temperature in Nashik fell by 7.7 degrees to settle at 12.7 degrees celsius on Wednesday. Just a day earlier, the city’s minimum was 13.4 degrees celsius, and it was relatively warmer at 20.4 degrees celsius past Sunday.
According to the IMD officials, the sky will stay clear and the minimum temperature will be in the same range for the next two days. But starting Saturday, cloudy weather will return and the minimum temperature will increase 3 degrees.
The maximum temperature on Wednesday was at 29.1 degrees celsius.
Jalgaon, meanwhile, was the coldest city in the state with minimum temperature of 11 degrees celsius on Wednesday — a departure of 5 degrees from the normal. The maximum temperature of the city was 32 degrees celsius.
The minimum temperature in Niphad, Nashik’s major grape belt, has declined by 10.5 degrees in the past three days. According to the Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth’s weather station, at its wheat research centre at Niphad, the minimum temperature was 11 degrees celsius on Wednesday.
According to the grape farmers, temperatures below 7 degrees celsius can adversely affect the vineyards. However, the pruning of all the vineyards was completed by October. Therefore, the drop in temperature is not a matter of grave concern now.
Meanwhile, with the drop in minimum temperature, many citizens have started early morning walks. Jogging tracks in Nashik city have seen a rise in daily footfall over the past few days.