Heat Wave: Subarnapur Records Highest Temperature

Bhubaneswar (Reporters Today Bureau): The State continued to reel under super heat condition as 19 places recorded day temperature 40 degrees Celsius or above today. Of them, six places recorded maximum temperature at 43 degrees Celsius or above.

As per the data provided by the Regional Meteorological Centre, Subarnapur recorded the season’s highest day temperature at 44.5 degrees Celsius. Yesterday, Subarnapur’s maximum temperature was at 44.4 degrees Celsius.  The weather stations where mercury hovered at 43 degrees Celsius or above are as follows: Balangir – 44 degrees Celsius, and Titlagarh, Sundargarh, Boudh and Jharsuguda – 43 degrees Celsius.

Other places where the day temperature was 40 degrees Celsius or above are: Sambalpur – 42.4 degrees Celsius, Angul – 42.1 degrees Celsius, Nuapada and Bhawanipatna – 41.5 degrees Celsius, Talcher – 41.4 degrees Celsius, Hirakud – 41 degrees Celsius, Paralakhemundi – 40.8 degrees Celsius, Bargarh and Kendujhar – 40.6 degrees Celsius, Bhadrak – 40.5 degrees Celsius, Baripada – 40.4 degrees Celsius, and Nayagarh and Malkangiri – 40 degrees Celsius.