Bhubaneswar: Mercury is on the rise at many places in Odisha and at least thirteen places of the State witnessed day temperature at 33 Degrees Celsius or above, today.
Bhawanipatna and Paralakhemundi towns recorded the highest day (maximum) temperature at 35.0 Degrees Celsius, followed by Titilagarh and Malkangiri (34.5), Bhubaneswar (34.4), Bolangir (33.8), Angul and Jharsuguda (33.7), Dhenkanal (33.6), Sonepur (33.5), Chandbali (33.2), Bhadrak (33.1) and Cuttack (33.0).
“Minimum temperatures observed marked rise at one or two places over the districts of North Interior Odisha, appreciable rise at many places over the districts of North Interior Odisha, at a few places over the districts of South Interior Odisha, at one or two places over the districts of South Coastal Odisha and no large change at elsewhere over the districts of Odisha. They were appreciably below normal at one or two places over the districts of Interior Odisha, markedly above normal at one or two places over the districts of Odisha, appreciably above normal at most places over the districts of Coastal Odisha, and at a few places over the districts of Interior Odisha, above normal at a few places over the districts of Interior Odisha and normal at elsewhere over the districts of Odisha,” evening bulletin of IMD stated.
No large change in the minimum (night) temperature during the next three days and a slight fall by 2oC to 3oC at many places over the districts of Odisha during the subsequent two days, the IMD mentioned.
