Telangana cold: night temperatures likely below 15°C in 29 districts, 12°C in seven

Telangana cold is set to sharpen over the three days from Tuesday, 10 November, with the Hyderabad Meteorological Centre’s forecast showing night temperatures falling below 15°C in 29 of the state’s 33 districts. Only Jogulamba Gadwal, Khammam, Suryapet and Jangaon are outside that list.

Seven of the 29 districts could go as low as 12°C: Sangareddy, Medak, Kumuram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Nirmal and Wanaparthy. The Centre traced the dip to winds reaching the state at low levels from the north-east. Fog is likely at several places from before dawn until the morning, and drivers have been asked to stay alert during those hours.

How cold it has been so far

The readings recorded up to now sit well above 12°C. Between Sunday night and Monday morning, the lowest district figure was 14.7°C in Adilabad district. Siddipet, Kamareddy, Sangareddy and Jangaon districts stood at 14.8°C and Hyderabad at 16.1°C. In all, 15 districts logged between 14.7°C and 15°C.

At the India Meteorological Department’s own observatories on Monday morning, Adilabad recorded 14.2°C, Hanamkonda 14.5°C, Medak 15.8°C and Hyderabad 17.7°C. On Tuesday morning, Kubeer in Nirmal district was at 14.6°C and West Marredpally in Hyderabad at 15.2°C, Telangana Development Planning Society data showed.

No formal warning

The department has not issued a formal cold wave warning. The Centre’s seven-day bulletins, issued at 8.30 pm on Monday and again at 1 pm on Tuesday, 10 November, list no weather warning for any day up to 16 November and forecast dry weather across Telangana.

For Hyderabad, the Centre expects a maximum of about 33°C and a minimum of about 17°C over the next 24 hours, with mist or haze in the morning hours and north-easterly surface winds of 6 to 8 kmph.