Winter Bids Adieu To Odisha As Temperature Shoots Up

Bhubaneswar: There will be no more cold wave condition in Odisha and the temperature will rise gradually from Monday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday.

The morning weather bulletin informed that due to a significant synoptic system lying over Odisha, the condition is favourable for a change in the wind direction from the south-west. This will result in the rise in the day and night temperatures across the state in the next 24 hours from Monday.

“While the night temperature will rise by 2-3 degree Celsius during next 2-3 days up to February 18, the day temperature will be rise by 2-3 degree Celsius in the subsequent 4-5 days till February 23. Besides, the modular data reveals that the winter has left Odisha,” it said.

The bulletin added that the average day and night temperature in most parts of the state will remain over 35 degrees and 17 degree Celsius in the last week of February.

Meanwhile, the day temperature recorded in the last 24 hours till 8.30 am on Sunday was highest in Bhubaneswar and Paralakhemundi at 34.6 degree Celsius. Other places where the mercury remained within 35 degree Celsius, are Cuttack (33.2), Angul (32.7), Baripada (32), Jharsuguda (31.4), Sambalpur (31.4), Talcher (33.1), Bhawanipatna (32.5), Balangir (32.2), Titlagarh (33), Malkangiri (33), Sonepur (31.4), Nayagarh (32), Boudh (31.5), Chhatrapur (32) and Rayagada (31).