Bhubaneswar, March 19 (IANS) The temperature soared to the season's highest of 41.5 degrees Celsius in this Orissa capital Friday, an official said.

The maximum temperature at adjoining Cuttack town was 40.1 degrees Celsius, the official of the Bhubaneswar meteorological centre told IANS.

He said several other places in Orissa also recorded high temperatures. These include Chandbali 39.6 degrees, Titilagarh, Malkangiri and Sundergarh 39 degrees each, Bolangir 38.5, Baripada 38.6, Sambalpur and Jharsuguda 38.5 degrees each.