The State continued to be gripped by intense heat wave conditions with mercury hovering above 40 degree Celsius at 11 places on Monday.
Sonepur was hottest recording maximumday temperature of 44.8 degree.
Angul recorded 42.7 degree, followed by Jharsuguda 44 degree, Sambalpur 44.7 degree, Sundargarh 40 degree, Hirakud 43.6 degree, Talcher 44.3 degree, Balangir 43.7 degree and Bhawanipatna 43 degree.
Coastal Odisha witnessed a marginal fall in the temperature. Chandbali recorded 39.7 degree, Gopalpur 32 degree, Puri 33.8 degree, Baleswar 35.1 degree and Paradip 32.6 degree.
Bhubaneswar recorded a temperature of 38.2 degree and Cuttack 37.8 degree.
The Regional Office of IMD predicted that light rain, thunderstorm and lightning would occur at one or two places in Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Baleswar, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada, Ganjam, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Kalahandi and Sambalpur districts on Tuesday.