Rain Relief For Bhubaneswar, A Day After Recording Highest Temp In 11 Years

Bhubaneswar: Showers of relief poured on Odisha capital, which woke up to moderate rainfall on Tuesday a day after mercury soared up to 44.3 degrees Celsius, 8.3 degrees more than the normal temperature.

Thunderstorm, gusty wind and sporadic rain, which occurred last night, was limited to a few pockets. This has helped bring down the temperature in the city to 27.4°C at around 8.30 am.

Bhubaneswar on Monday encountered both hot and humid conditions as the temperature soared past 44 degree Celsius and humidity level was at 88 per cent.

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On Sunday, the city had recorded 42.6 degree Celsius, which was 6.6 degree C above normal. While this normal at this time of the year, what has been making things intolerable is the sultry weather conditions. Bhubaneswar’s all-time high day temperature for June was recorded in 2012 when the mercury hit 46.7 degree C but the ongoing sweltering heat is making denizens feel like they are experiencing the hottest days of their lives.

The prevailing humid conditions due to the moisture incursion is being attributed to low-pressure area over north-east Bay of Bengal off Myanmar coast, which has weakened now.

According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), there will no large change in maximum temperature (day temperature) during the next five days at many places in the state. Rather, it is likely to be above normal by 4-7 degree Celsius at a few places during the period.

“There will be some relief for coastal areas for two days while heatwave will continue to bake some western districts,” it tweeted this morning.

Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions are very likely to prevail at one or two places in Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Sonepur, Boudh and Balangir in the next 24 hours. There is also yellow warning for some places in Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Angul, Dhenkanal, Deogarh, Kandhamal, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Nayagarh, Khurda, Cuttack, Ganjam and Jajpur.