Nights in Hyderabad give winter feel as minimum temperatures drop below 20 degrees mark
Having dropped below the 20 degree Celsius mark, the mercury during the night time has touched to drop further to 17 degree Celsius in some parts of the city, particularly the suburbs.
Hyderabad: Slowly yet steadily, the temperatures in the city have started to slide down. The nights have already started to give the winter feel and the true essence of the season is expected to be felt this week.
Having dropped below the 20 degree Celsius mark, the mercury during the night time has touched to drop further to 17 degree Celsius in some parts of the city, particularly the suburbs. On Monday, the minimum temperature in areas such as Rajendranagar, Ramachandrapuram and Patancheru, was recorded between 17.6 degree Celsius and 17.8 degree Celsius.
The minimum temperatures recorded for GHMC areas as part of weather observations by the Telangana Development Planning Society had areas such as Alwal, Qutbullhapur, Chandanagar and parts of Secunderabad logging in around 18 degree Celsius. However, locations such as Santoshnagar, Falaknuma, Charminar and Malakpet were slightly warmer with temperatures of 21 degree Celsius and 23 degree Celsius.
The weather forecast for the next three days looks the possibility of areas such as Rajendranagar, Begumpet, Secunderabad, LB Nagar and Jubilee Hills starting to experience the chill with temperatures to 16 degree Celsius.
Interestingly, the day temperatures in the city however have remained above 30 degree Celsius and areas such as Kapra, Yousufguda, Chandanagar, Amberpet, Mehdipatnam and Hayathnagar around 34 degree Celsius and 35 degree Celsius on Monday. Kapra remained the warmest place in the city logging in the highest day temperature of 35.6 degree Celsius.
According to the Telangana Development Planning Society, the next three days could be witnessing a slight tapering down of the maximum temperatures also and the day time turning a tad cooler with temperatures in most places going down below the 30 degree Celsius mark.
Meanwhile, the IMD-Hyderabad forecast, the city during the next 24 hours will have a partly cloudy sky with mist of haze conditions prevailing during morning hours. The maximum and minimum temperatures would be around 32 degree Celsius and 19 degree Celsius with north-easterlies with wind speeds of around 6 to 8 kmph. Similar, forecast has been made for the next 48 hours too.
GHMC minimum temperature forecast for next three days:
| Circle | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Rajendranagar | 16.6 | 16.7 | 17.1 |
| Malkajgiri | 17.3 | 16.8 | 17.5 |
| Hayathnagar | 17 | 16.7 | 17.2 |
| Jubilee Hills | 17.3 | 16.8 | 17.5 |
| Karwan | 17.2 | 16.9 | 17.4 |
