Moderate to heavy rainfall lashed most parts of the State on Saturday under the influence of a low pressure, resulting in sharp decrease in temperature. Places where the temperature had gone up to above 42 degrees Celsius, witnessed a sharp fall by up to10 degrees Celsius.
While Talcher was the hottest place with 36.2 degrees C with a fall of temperature level by over 9 degrees C, in the State capital, the mercury fell sharply by 10 degree C with the day’s highest remaining at 31.4 degrees C on Saturday.
Bhubaneswar received 4.1 mm rainfall during the morning hours but it was a thickly overcast sky that kept the city cool throughout the day. Malkangiri recorded highest rainfall in the last 24 hours with 50.4 mm followed by Koraput (27), Bhawanipatna (22), Daringbadi (13), Baripada (12.6), Dhenkanal (10), Phulbani (8) and Gopalpur (6.8).
The local Met office, in a Press release, said the low pressure formed over Karnataka on Friday, moved to Telengana in Andhra Pradesh where it was likely to weaken further.
Under its influence, moderate to heavy rainfall are likely over some parts of the south and interior districts of Odisha with light to moderate rainfall in some parts of the coastal districts in the next 48 hours, the Met department said. It, however, said there would be a steady rise in the temperature after May 13.