At least 15 places of the state recorded temperature above 40 degree C and the coal town of Talcher was the hottest place with maximum temperature of 44.2 degree C.
Bolangir was at 43.5 degree C and Titlagarh at 43 degree, MeT office sources said.
The other places which sizzled were Angul and Bhawanipatna (42.7 degree C), Jhatrsuguda (42.6), Hirakud (42.4), Sambalpur (42.3), Sonepur (41.3), Chandbali and Sundergarh (41 each).
Bhubaneswar, which recorded a maximum temperature of 41.2 degrees C yesterday, today touched 42.2 degrees and had a relative humidity of 88 per cent. Cuttack recorded 39.6 degree C.
The number of suspected heat-related deaths also increased to 181 from yesterday's 179, it added.