The heat wave continued to scorch the State with maximum temperature touching 40 degree Celsius in 15 places on Thursday.
The Regional Office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said as many as 10 places record temperature of 42 degree.
Balangir was the hottest place in the State recording a temperature of 45.3 degree Celsius. It was followed by Titilagarh with 45.2 degree, Boudh 44 degree, Bhawanipatna 43.5, Malkangiri 43, Jharsuguda 42.7 degree, Bargarh 42.6 degree, Nuapada 42.4 degree, Sambapur 42 degree and Sundargarh 42 degree.
The twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack recorded 33.2 degree and 33 degree, respectively. But high humidity level made life intolerable for the residents. While relative humidity in Bhubaneswar at 8.30 am was 88%, it was 85% in Cuttack.
The IMD issued yellow warning for several districts and forecasted that heat wave conditions are very likely to prevail at one or two places in Balangir, Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Subarnapur, Kalahandi and Nuapada on Friday.