Telangana Records 37.1°C as IMD Forecasts Thunderstorms from October 15
The state continued to record high daytime temperatures for this time of the year on Tuesday, with Hanamkonda registering 37.1°C, the highest in the state, even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast thunderstorms and lightning from October 15 to 19.
Hyderabad: The state continued to record high daytime temperatures for this time of the year on Tuesday, with Hanamkonda registering 37.1°C, the highest in the state, even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast thunderstorms and lightning from October 15 to 19.
In Hyderabad, the citywide maximum was forecast to rise from 32.3°C on Tuesday to 33.2°C on Thursday.
According to the Telangana Development Planning Society’s (TGDPS) temperature, Jagtial recorded 36.9°C, while Komuram Bheem, Mancherial and Mahbubabad all recorded 36.8°C.
The mercury reached the 36.7ºC mark in Suryapet and Nalgonda.
Hyderabad and Medchal-Malkajgiri recorded 35.1°C.
Within Hyderabad, the highest recorded maximums over the preceding 24 hours were 35.3°C in Saroornagar and Moula Ali. Bahadurpura recorded 35.2°C, while Malkaigiri, Badangpet and Miyapur registered 35.2°C each.
Nizampet recorded the city’s lowest maximum at 33.8°C.
The IMD’s forecast a possible change in weather later this week, thunderstorms and lightning in the state from October 15 to 19.
The forecast for Mahbubnagar also indicated the possibility of rain or thunderstorms on October 15, followed by one or two spells of rain or thundershowers on October 16.
The TGDPS three-day temperature forecast, meanwhile, indicates that afternoons would remain warm.
Mancherial and Mulugu were expected to record 35°C on Thursday, and Jogulamba Gadwal 35.6°C.
The forecast showed that high daytime temperatures may persist before thunderstorms developed later in the week.
