Overview
- Official readings on Saturday showed single-digit minimums at 11 locations, with the lowest at 8.1°C in Kohir (Sangareddy) and Yalal (Vikarabad).
- Telangana Development Planning Society data noted sharp departures below normal, including an average minimum of 11.6°C in Sangareddy and a −6.1°C anomaly in Kamareddy.
- Other cold spots included Sirpur at 8.4°C (Kumuram Bheem Asifabad), Bibipet at 8.6°C (Kamareddy), Bazarhathnoor at 8.6°C (Adilabad) and Rudrangi at 9.0°C (Rajanna Sircilla), while Hyderabad’s University area logged 9.8°C.
- Forecasts indicate minimum temperatures will remain 2–4°C below normal for the next 2–3 days, with IMD officials signaling a gradual rise once easterly winds set in.
- Health professionals urged precautions for vulnerable groups, agriculture officers advised protecting rabi crops and young livestock at night, and IMD warned of early-morning highway haze along NH-7 and NH-9.