Severe cold conditions are prevailing in Telangana. The humidity has come down to 6.3 degrees in many parts of Adilabad. Senior citizens are finding it very difficult to come out of the houses.
There is very less traffic in parks as the people are not coming for walking due to severe cold conditions.
Temperatures in Hyderabad started to dip from mid-October and plummet in November. However, with the delay in withdrawal of the southwest monsoon this year, temperatures are likely to start dipped from the first week of November.
During October, the normal minimum temperature is 20 degree Celsius. Given the continuous rainfall for more than a week, even the maximum temperatures have come down a bit. Last week, it dipped to a little over 24 degree Celsius but , was back up to 30 degrees, with the normal being 31 degree Celsius.
As per the data with Meteorological Department, the lowest minimum temperature in Hyderabad in October in the last one decade has always dipped below 20 degree Celsius, sometimes falling to around 16 degrees, except last year, when the lowest was 21.3 degree Celsius.