Baripada, world’s second hottest place as mercury touches 46.4 Degrees Celsius

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Baripada town was the second hottest place in the world, today. It recorded the highest maximum (day) temperature in India at 46.4 Degrees Celsius, followed by Balasore (46.0).

According to a source, Joba in Oman was the hottest place in the world with 49.2 Degrees Celsius.

Other places that recorded day temperatures next to Balasore are Ndjamena in Chad (46.0); Chauk in Myanmar (45.8); Bilma in Niger, Jamshedpur (India), Midnapore (India), and N’Guigmi in Niger each (45.5); and Bhubaneswar (India) (45.4).

India’s Baripada, Balasore, Jamshedpur, Midnapore, and Bhubaneswar were the five places that were declared second, third, seventh, eighth, and tenth hottest places in the world, respectively.

Worth mentioning, due to prevalent North-westerly and Westerly dry air and high solar insolation, heat wave conditions are very likely to prevail over the districts of Odisha till May 4, India Meteorological Department (IMD) regional centre in Bhubaneswar forecasted today.