As mercury kept on rising on Sunday, most areas of the state sizzled under heat wave with temperature touching 39 degrees Celcius at 10 cities by the evening, according to the Bhubanewar regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
By 2.30 pm, Bhubaneswar was the hottest city with 39.6 degrees in Odisha, but mercury shot up to 40.5 degrees in Paralakemundi in the evening. It became the hottest city in Odisha.
Paralakhennuuli was followed by Malkangiri with 39.9 degrees
Here is the temperature of other places
Balasole -- 38.0 degrees
Malkangiri- 39.9
Hirakud- 37.7
Bhubaneswar - 39.6
SambaIpur 37.6
Jagatsinghpur- 39.5
Dhenkanal - 37.6
Nayagarh- 39.5
Keonjhar- 37.4
Bhavanipatna- 39.4
Nabarangpur- 37.0
Chandbali - 39.4
Chatrapur- 37.0
Baripada 39.2
Rayagada- 37.0
Kendrapada 39
Bolangir- 36.9(-4.0)
Bhadrak 39 Phulbani
Angul 38.9
Sonepur 36.3
Jharsuguda 38.9
Bargarh 35.8
Talcher 38.8
Paradeep 35.5
Titlagarah 38.5
Boudh- 35.0
Khordba 38.5
Deogarh 35.0
Jajpur 38.5
Purl 34.6
Cuttack 38.4
Gopalpur 34.5
Nuapada- 38.2
Daringbadi- 33.5
Rourkela 38.0
Sundargarh- 38.0