Searing heat continued to scorch Odisha as capital Bhubaneswar recorded 42.2 degrees Celsius breaking all the previous records for the month.
Three other towns in the state registered temperature of above 40 degrees Celsius, weatherman said.
The industrial town of Angul recorded 40.1 degrees Celsius, Bolangir 40 degrees Celsius and Titlagarh 40.5 degrees Celsius.
In Bhubaneswar the high temperature coupled with humidity level of 88 per cent hit life. Today was the second day when the mercury level was above 41 degrees Celsius, the met office said.
The city had yesterday experienced temperature at 41.7 degrees C, about four dgrees more than what it was on Saturday.
The capital city had recorded highest temperature for the month on Match 30, 2014 when it was 42 degrees Celsius.
The sharp rise in the mercury is mostly due to change in the wind pattern. The wind flow, which was blowing from the north-west or west direction yesterday, has changed to south-west direction today, Sarat Sahu, the director of the Meteorological centre here said.
The situation could continue till March 26 and March 27, he said adding a possible trough line till Jharkhand could cause rainfall after March 27.
A release from the IMD said temperature hovered around 37 degree to 39 degrees Celsius in Balasore, 39.7 degrees Celsius at Chandbali, 39 degree in Cuttack, 37.6 degrees Celsius in Baripada, 39.5 in Jharsuguda, 36.7 degrees Celsius in Keonjhar, 39.2 degree at Sambalpur, 39 degrees Celsius at Sundergarh.
It was 39.6 degrees Celsius at Hirakud, 39.4 degree at Talcher, 39.7 degree at Bhawanipatna, 37 degree at Phulbani and 37.8 degrees Celsius at Sonepur.
