HYDERABAD: Winter is slowly setting in with the city experiencing minimum temperature dropping to 15.6 degree Celsius on Monday, which is three degree Celsius below normal for this time of the year.
According to Telangana State Planning Development Society, Rajendranagar was the coldest area in Greater Hyderabad after it recorded minimum temperature of 13.8 degree Celsius followed by 14.6 degree Celsius at Lingampally, 14.6 degree Celsius at West Marredpally, 15.6 degree Celsius at Hayathnagar and 15.9 degree Celsius at Sivarampalli.
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Meteorologists attribute the weather conditions to easterly and northeasterly winds blowing over Telangana. “The weather is mainly dry in the city due to the easterly and northeasterly winds. The mercury levels would dip on some isolated days below normal. Largely, the weather will be above normal for the rest of November,” A Shravani, meteorologist, India Meteorological Department (IMD), Hyderabad, said.
As per IMD, the winter season is likely to peak by December when the mercury levels would dip as low as 10-12 degree Celsius in the city. “Once the northerly winds starts blowing from the Himalayas, the weather conditions would change in Telangana as well. The northerly winds are much colder in nature and may bring down the mercury levels drastically across Telangana by December first week,” Shravani added.
Meteorologists predict that due to La Nina (cooling of surface ocean) weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean, the winter is expected to be much harsher this year. December, January and February are likely to be extremely cold with coldwave like conditions likely in many parts of Telangana, especially the northern districts.
