MP town in the plains freezes at minus 1 degree Celsius

Nowgaon, a small town in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh, woke up to ice layers on their cars and gardens on Saturday morning. Experts are puzzled by the freezing subzero temperatures in a town in the heart of India, and at an elevation of just 233 metres. The surrounding region - Nowgaon is close to the Uttar Pradesh border - are nowhere near as cold, deepening the mystery. Officials are considering examining their instruments to reverify the record temperature said to be the lowest in Madhya Pradesh in over two decades. The hill town of Pachmarhi and Gwalior are know to see temperatures in the zeros, but Nowgaon is a mystery. The joke is that the thermometer gets confused as peak summer is a searing 49 degrees here.