Telangana faces deep freeze: IMD extends severe cold wave alert as mercury plummets

The IMD-Hyderabad has extended its severe cold-wave alert for Telangana, forecasting a further drop in minimum temperatures by 3–4°C below normal. Independent weather trackers predict even harsher conditions, with some districts likely to see temperatures fall to 5°C.

Hyderabad: The mercury is expected to drop further from Wednesday across Hyderabad and other regions of Telangana, with the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)-Hyderabad and independent weather trackers forecasting severe cold wave conditions for the coming week.

On Wednesday, the IMD-Hyderabad extended its cold wave warning for multiple districts of Telangana for two more days.

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The IMD-Hyderabad forecast on Wednesday indicates minimum temperatures are expected to drop 3 degrees C to 4 degrees C below normal in several regions, including Adilabad, Komuram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, Sangareddy, Medak, and Kamareddy.

The severe cold wave alert issued by IMD-Hyderabad is valid till Friday, December 12, 2025. The minimum temperatures in Hyderabad and surrounding districts, including Medchal-Malkajgiri, Rangareddy, Medak, and Bhongir, are expected to hover between 11 degrees Celsius and 15 degrees Celsius, IMD-Hyderabad indicated.

Meanwhile, independent weather trackers from Hyderabad in their forecast said the coldwave conditions will be even more severe from Wednesday night across Telangana.

While parts of Hyderabad and surrounding districts are expected to record minimum temperatures around 8 degrees Celsius, temperatures in Western and Northern districts of Telangana could drop to as low as 5 degrees Celsius, according to independent weather trackers. The ongoing severe cold wave conditions are expected to last for the next 4 to 5 days, they added.

In the last 24 hours, between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, multiple locations in and around Hyderabad, in addition to districts, recorded single-digit minimum temperatures.

The coldest temperatures (in degrees Celsius) recorded in the outskirts were in Moinabad (6.6), Ibrahimpatnam (7.7), HCU Serilingampally (8.4), Rajendranagar (9.2), Moula Ali (9.4), including BHEL (10.5), Gachibowli (11.4), Qutbullapur (11.9). The minimum temperatures in the remaining parts of the city hovered between 12 degrees Celsius and 13 degrees Celsius.