The otherwise dipping minimum temperature has shot drastically over the last two days with the city recording 21 degrees Celsius. This season's lowest temperature has been 11.8 degrees. The weathermen attributed the six degree jump from the normal weather during this period to the cyclone. The normal temperature during this time hovers around 15 degrees, met officials said.
"The temperature has gone up because of the cyclone. This will remain more or less the same for a couple of days," said RV Subba Rao, assistant meteorologist, Met department. He further said that it is unusual to get rains during January.