The weather god won’t play party pooper on the first day of 2021 with Met officials predicting bright and sunny weather over Jharkhand on New Year’s Day.

“The weather will be pleasant in the next four to five days. The sun will shine brightly amid a clear sky in most parts of the state. The crisp north-westerly wind which is dominating over the state would continue resulting in night temperatures remaining two to four notches below normal," said Abhishek Anand, deputy director of Ranchi Meteorological Centre.

He also ruled out dense fog or any adverse weather condition on December 31 and January 1.

As per Met office statistics, several places in Jharkhand had witnessed light showers on the New Year’s Day in 2016. In 2015, the weather was gloomy and the sun played hide-and-seek.

In 2017, January 1 started with dense early morning fog causing poor visibility. The fog cleared as the day progressed. In 2018 and last year, January 1 started on a brighter note with clear sky and dry weather in most districts.

Predicting favourable conditions on December 31 and January 1 this time, a weather analyst at IMD's Patna centre said, "The weather on both days will be bright, sunny and dry. We did not find any adverse conditions in today's (Monday’s) chart analysis and satellite reading."

IMD Patna forecast spoke of a haze at isolated pockets in northern Jharkhand on January 1.

Monday's forecast suggests that sub-10 chill would continue to prevail in most parts of the state during the next three to four days.

On Monday, Ranchi recorded a minimum reading of 8.3°C, one notch below normal. Jamshedpur recorded 9.4°C, two degrees below normal.

Daltonganj, which is known for extreme temperatures, recorded a minimum

temperature of 6.9°C, two points below normal. Several places including Bokaro, Chaibasa in West Singhbhum, Dhanbad, Koderma, Hazaribagh, Khunti and Ramgarh recorded around 7 °C.