Mercury soars above 35 Degrees Celsius at 10 places of Odisha; Bhubaneswar hottest with 37

Bhubaneswar: Mercury is on the rise at many places in Odisha and ten places of the State witnessed day temperatures above 35 Degrees Celsius today.

Bhubaneswar recorded the highest maximum (day) temperature at 37.0 Degrees Celsius, followed by Boudh (36.0), Bhawanipatna (35.6), Jharsuguda (35.6), Paralakhemundi (35.6), Titilagarh (35.5), Nayagarh (35.5), Jagatsinghpur (35.5), Bolangir (35.3) and Angul (35.1).

However, Bhadrak, Malkangiri, Talcher, Chandbali, and Balasore registered a day temperature of 35 Degrees Celsius.

“Minimum temperatures observed appreciable fall at one or two places over the districts of North Coastal Odisha, appreciable rise at one or two places over the districts of North Interior Odisha and no large change at elsewhere over the districts of Odisha. They were below normal at one or two places, markedly above normal at a few places, appreciably above normal at a few places over the districts of Interior Odisha, above normal at most places over the districts of Coastal Odisha and at one or two places over the districts of Interior Odisha and normal at elsewhere over the districts of Odisha,” a special bulletin of the IMD regional centre here mentioned.

Notably, no large change is likely in minimum (night) temperature at many places over the districts of Odisha during the next four to five days.