Bhubaneswar, Feb. 28 -- Bhubaneswar: With Odisha's Capital City now ruling as the hottest city in the country, and when the setting in of hot day conditions in the winter (January - February is regarded as winter by IMD) has sparked a debate over Odisha growing warmer, the big fact to the fore is Odisha has indeed grown warmer in the last 100-years, but only in parts.

During the period of 1901 - 2020, the mean temperature anomaly trend of many districts in western and northern Odisha adjoining Jharkhand had grown warmer by 0.5degrees Celsius vis-a-vis the average mean temperature for the last 100 years. (1901-2020).

On the contrary, the mean temperature anomaly trend for coastal districts, including Bhubaneswar, had not shown any change...