PUNE: Shimla has competition in Pune. Around 5.9 degrees below normal, the minimum temperature in the city dropped to 9.4 degrees celsius on Friday , against Shimla's 9.8 degrees celsius on the same day . This is the lowest November minimum temperature recorded in Pune over the last four years.Over the past 11 years, the city's November minimum temperature has dropped lower than 9.4 degrees celsius only twice --in 2007 and 2012.Met department officials on Friday said cold wave conditions prevailed in some parts of central Maharashtra. Barring hill stations in the country , the lowest minimum temperature was recorded in Ahmednagar at 7.1°C. Temperatures are dropping across the state, including Mumbai, which recently witnessed one of its coldest November morning. The officials had earlier told TOI that appreciably below normal temperatures have been recorded over central and adjoining peninsular India. Night temperatures have been markedly below normal in some parts of central Maharashtra Marathwada and Vidarbha. On Thursday , Pune recorded the season's second lowest minimum temperature of 9.9°C.Pune's minimum temperature on Friday was again the third lowest in state after Ahmednagar and Nasik's 8.8°C.Cold northeasterly winds blowing from Madhya Pradesh are the reason for drop in temperatures across the state.“These are inland winds that are blowing from land area and hence are unusually cool,“ Mahesh Palawat, chief meteorologist from Skymet Weather Services, said.