Despite nor’wester rains in some places on Wednesday night, most parts of the State continued to reel under the severe heat wave conditions on Thursday.
The maximum day temperature hovered above 40 degree Celsius in as many as seven places as per a bulletin issued by the Regional Office of the India Metrological Department (IMD).
Sundargarh and Titilagarh were the hottest places on the day recording 43 degree Celsius each. Hirakud recorded 39.2 degree followed by Talcher 41.8 degree, Sonepur 40.2 degree, Malkangiri 41.8 degree, Jharsuguda 40 degree and Balangir 41.8 degree.
Bhubaneswar recorded 35 degree and Cuttack 36 degree.
The coastal Odisha areas also witnessed a substantial rise in the maximum day temperature. Baleswar recorded 36 degree followed by Chandbali 36.4, Gopalpur 31.6, Paradip 34, Puri 31.6 and Angul 37.1 degree.
As people have been waiting for arrival of monsoon in order to get relief from the searing heat wave, the IMD said arrival of monsoons might be delayed due to the Cyclonic storm Vayu in the Arabian Sea.
The southwest monsoon had already hit Kerala on June 8.