Overview
- IMD-Hyderabad has placed seven Telangana districts under cold-wave alerts through December 10–12, with minima forecast 3°C–4°C below normal.
- TGDPS data show a wider spread of chill, with up to 20 Telangana districts logging sub‑10°C lows between December 8 and 9, including 6.1°C at Tiryani and 8.4°C at Hyderabad Central University.
- Kashmir recorded sharper overnight drops, including Srinagar at about −3.7°C, Pulwama at −5.1°C and Pahalgam at −4.8°C, following earlier reports of −4.2°C in Shopian.
- The MeT department expects generally dry weather to persist, with shallow to moderate fog in places and only isolated light snow possible over higher reaches from around December 13.
- National IMD bulletins flag cold-wave pockets across central, eastern and northern peninsular India from December 9 and extending to northwest and western regions through December 12, alongside localized dense fog warnings.