Bhubaneswar: Odisha turned a hot cauldron with the mercury breaching 40°C or more at as many as 29 places in the State on Tuesday.
Baripada, the district headquarters town of Mayurbhanj district was the hottest by recording this season’s highest maximum day temperature of 43.6°C, according to the evening weather bulletin of the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD’s) regional centre here today.
The IMD has warned that the heatwave condition prevailing in the State is likely to touch its peak between April 18 to 20 and at some places, temperature may touch as high as 45°C.
The weather agency has said that in the coming two days temperature is likely to increase up to 2 to 3°C at some places.
As many as 18 places in the State recorded a maximum day temperature of 41°C or more on Tuesday.
The places where mercury touched 40°C or more are Baripada 43.6°C, Nuapada 42.4°C, Paralakhemundi 42.4°C, Talcher 42°C, Boudh 42°C, Bhubaneswar 41.9°C, Malkangiri 41.9°C, Nayagarh 41.7°C, Angul 41.7°C, Chandbali 41.6°C, Khordha 41.5°C, Titlagarh 41.5°C, Jagatsinghpur 41.5°C, Jharsuguda 41.4°C, Balasore 41.1°C, Kendrapara 41.0°C, Dhenkanal 41.0°C, Bhadrak 41.0°C, Bolangir 40.8°C, Cuttack 40.8°C, Bhawanipatna 40.8°C, Sambalpur 40.6°C, Hirakud 40.4°C, Chatrapur 40.4°C, Rourkela 40.3°C, Keonjhar 40°C, Sundargarh 40°C, Sonepur 40°C, and Nabarangpur 40°C.
