India, Jan. 9 -- The winter chill tightened its grip on Bhubaneswar as the minimum temperature dropped to 9.4 degrees Celsius on Friday, marking the fourth coldest January night recorded in the city in the last 74 years.

Weather data shows that such a low night temperature in January has been recorded only a handful of times since 1952.

According to meteorological records, the capital last saw this temperature on January 3, 1952. With the same reading logged again on January 8 and January 9 this year, the city has matched its fourth lowest January night temperature in history.

January cold night records The coldest January night in Bhubaneswar was recorded on January 5, 1992, when the mercury dipped to 8.6 degrees Celsius. This was fol...