Telangana is reeling under severe cold wave conditions, with most of the districts recording minimum temperatures below 10° Celsius for the past three days.
This marks a sharp dip compared to the previous days when only five to 10 districts experienced such low temperatures. According to data from the Telangana State Development Planning Society (TSDPS), Tandra village of Nirmal district recorded the lowest minimum Temperature of 6.3 degrees Celsius in the state this morning while Pochara of Adilabad recorded the minimum temperature at 6.4 degrees Celsius.
In Hyderabad West Marredpally recorded the lowest minimum temperature of 9.9 degrees Celsius. The MET officials issued a cold wave alert as over 15 districts out of 33 recorded minimum temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius continuously for three days.
The lowest temperature in Sirpur (U) in Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district was 7.3 degrees Celsius while it was 8.3 in Pembi in Nirmal district. The minimum temperature in parts of Medak, Sangareddy and Jagtial districts also dropped to single-digit. Shivampet in Medak district recorded minimum temperature of 9.4 degrees Celsius. It was 9.5 in Kohir in Sangareddy district while the lowest temperature in Jagtial district was recorded at 9.7 degrees Celsius in Mallapur. The mercury plummeted to 10 degrees Celsius at Pudur in Vikarabad district. Eight districts registered minimum temperature between 10 and 11 degrees. Maredpally in state capital Hyderabad recorded minimum temperature of 12.7 degrees. The average minimum temperature in Hyderabad was 17.3 degrees.