Bhubaneswar: Odisha continued to reel under heatwave conditions Saturday as at least 17 places in the state recorded a maximum temperature of 40 degrees Celsius and above, officials said.
The industrial town of Jharsuguda was the hottest place in the state at 44.1 degrees Celsius, nearly 2.9 degrees Celsius above normal, followed by Titlagarh at 44 degrees Celsius, according to the evening bulletin of the Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre.
The places which recorded temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius or above included Bolangir (43.5), Nuapada (43), Sundargarh (42.8), Rourkela, Sambalpur and Hirakud (42.6), and Bhawanipatna and Boudh (42).
State capital Bhubaneswar recorded 36.8 degrees Celsius, while Cuttack 36.6 degrees Celsius.
The relative humidity in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack was 77 and 79, respectively.
