In Bokaro and Giridih, it was even hotter at 46 degree C, Met office sources said.
Dhanbad (45), Dumka (45), Jamshedpur (44.7), Palamau (44.2) and Hazaribagh (43) also reeled under severe heat wave conditions, the sources said.
In capital Ranchi, the maximum temperature was 40.6, the sources said.