Odisha: People worried over surging humidity in October
This weather condition to continue for next four days
Bhubaneswar: People in Odisha are worried because even in this month of October surging humidity continues to trouble. This is unlike earlier years. Otherwise, by October cold waves already prevail in the State.
With the effect of the humidity, people are troubled across the State. It is difficult to leave the house after 9 o’clock in the morning. Yesterday, the highest temperature in the state was recorded at 36.7 degrees Celsius in Chandbali of Bhadrak district. Besides, the temperature of 18 cities in the state was above 35 degrees Celsius.
Humidity in the coastal Odisha has been recorded at 80 percent. The weather will continue like this for the next 4 days. The sky is cloudless in most parts of the state. Temperatures at many places are 3 to 4 degrees Celsius above normal due to clear skies. The regional MeT center has predicted that the night temperature may also be one or two degrees above normal.
The average temperature is usually higher in the month of October every year. But this year, due to cloudless sky and lack of rain, the temperature is 3 to 4 degrees higher than normal, said the Meteorological Center.
Ms Kalinga