Bhubaneswar boils as city records 43 degree temperature

By Our Correspondent

BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 25: Odisha capital Bhubaneswar on Sunday literally found itself on a frying pad as mercury rose to a record 43 degree Celsius, throwing normal life out of gear. This was 5 degree Celsius above the April normal temperature.

As per India Meteorological Department (IMD), Sunday’s Bhubaneswar temperature was the fourth highest April reading since 2011. The city had recorded 45.8 degree on April 11, 2016 and 43.7 degree on 16 April 2019.

The shooting up of the mercury is not a new trend observed this time, because the mercury shot up to 43.2 degree on April 25, 2021.

If the local Met’s forecast is to be believed, the Capital City will record around 41 degree on Monday and 40 degree on Tuesday.

From Wednesday, the mercury will melt down and the maximum day temperature will tumble to around 38 degree Celsius. 

The local met department maintained that when the mean thunder days in the Capital city in April had been 4 days, this April the city had not even witnessed 2 mean days of thunderstorms.

However, weather experts blamed the mercury rise on the change in direction of wind over the Capital City.

“Owing to south-easterly wind and the drop in wind velocity to around 6kmph during the noon hours, the cityscape had become a blast furnace today,” the experts said.