Nine Odisha districts remain under yellow thunderstorm warning until Monday

Meteorological Centre Bhubaneswar has issued a yellow weather warning for nine districts across Odisha, valid until 0830 hours IST on October 19, 2026. According to the latest Odisha weather forecast released by the India Meteorological Department on Sunday, residents in southern and coastal pockets should prepare for isolated thunderstorms with lightning and gusty surface winds reaching speeds of 30 to 40 kmph.

Forecasters have placed Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, and Kendrapada under the yellow watch category, advising citizens to stay aware of sudden weather shifts. No weather warnings have been issued for the remaining 21 districts of the state during this period.

Beyond the thunderstorm alert, isolated light to moderate rainfall is expected across 19 districts until Monday morning. Coastal, northern, and southern districts—including Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Angul, Nayagarh, Khordha, Puri, Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, and Nabarangpur—are likely to experience isolated showers at up to 25 percent of weather stations. Meanwhile, dry weather will prevail across 11 western and interior districts, namely Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Bargarh, Subarnapur, Boudh, Balangir, Nuapada, Kalahandi, and Kandhamal. Post-monsoon moisture flow from the Bay of Bengal frequently triggers localized afternoon and evening thundershowers across coastal and southern Odisha during mid-October.

Several coastal and southern stations recorded notable precipitation over the past 24 hours ending Sunday morning. Kujanga in Jagatsinghpur district registered the highest rainfall at 35.0 mm, followed closely by Kakatpur in Puri and Pottangi in Koraput with 32.0 mm each. Other significant rainfall measurements included Purusottampur in Ganjam at 18.2 mm, Nuagada in Gajapati and Koraput town at 10.6 mm each, Balasore town at 10.0 mm, Patrapur at 9.0 mm, Berhampur at 8.4 mm, Paradeep at 8.1 mm, Jaipur in Balasore at 8.0 mm, and Remuna and Polsara at 7.0 mm each.

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Daytime warmth persisted across the plains, with Puri recording the state's highest maximum temperature at 34.8°C, which is 2.5°C above normal. Balasore followed at 34.5°C, while Jharsuguda and Talcher both recorded 34.4°C, and Bargarh, Ranital, and Paralakhemundi registered 34.2°C each. Phulbani recorded the lowest minimum night temperature in the plains at 19.0°C, whereas hill station Similiguda saw a milder daytime high of 28.5°C.

In the capital region, Bhubaneswar recorded a maximum temperature of 33.8°C and a minimum of 23.4°C, while neighbouring Kataka (Cuttack) registered a daytime high of 31.6°C and a night low of 25.0°C, with both twin cities recording 0.0 mm of rain. Weather scientists confirmed that there will be no large change in maximum day temperatures or minimum night temperatures across the districts of Odisha over the next six to seven days.