Bhubaneswar: Odisha reeled under heat wave conditions on Thursday with as many as 25 places registering a maximum day temperature of 40°C and above, according to the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD’s) Meteorological Centre here.
Eight out of these places recorded a maximum temperature of 42°C and above.
Baripada remained the hottest place of the day by recording a temperature of 43.5°C followed by Angul and Boudh which recorded 42.5°C, Talcher, Bhawanipatna, and Bolangir 42.0°C, Jharsuguda 41.8°C Sambalpur 41.6°C, Sundargarh, Rourkela and Bhadrak 41.0°C, Dhenkanal and Jagatsinghpur 40.5°C, Phulbani 40.3°, Jajpur 40.02°C and Nayagarh 40.0°C.
Here’s the detail of the maximum temperature recorded by the IMD at different places of the state.
Due to prevailing Northwesterly/Westerly dry air and high solar insolation Maximum temperature (Day Temperature) is very likely to rise further by 2°C during the next 2 days at many places over the districts of interior Odisha and no large change thereafter, the IMD has said.
Consequently, the maximum temperature (Day Temperature) is likely to be more than 40°C and likely to be above normal by 3 to 5°C at a few places over the districts of Odisha during the next 3 days, the IMD added. The IMD has advised people to take precautionary measures while going outside during day time between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM.
