Met predicts light to heavy rains

Hyderabad: Hot weather conditions prevailed over some parts of Telangana during the last week with average maximum temperature being recorded at 42°C to 45°C over mostly east and south eastern parts of the State which is 3°C to 5°C above normal over Nirmal, Rajanna-Sircilla, Komaram Bheem-Asifabad, Mancherial, Peddapalli, Jayashankar-Bhupalpally, Bhadradri-Kothagudem, Khammam, Nalgonda and Suryapet districts and the remaining part of the State recorded maximum temperature in the range of 41°C to 43°C.

Highest maximum temperature of 46.5°C was recorded at Wyra (Khammam), 45.4°C at Palwancha (Bhadradri-Kothagudem), 45.3°C at Mudigonda (Khammam) and 45.2°C recorded at Penuballi (Khammam) during the week. The weatherman forecast light rain to thundershowers in the next week from April 29 to May 5. The Met office said with the prevailing north-south trough passing through Telangana State, light rain/thundershowers are expected at isolated places over southern parts of the State during the next three weeks.

The average maximum temperatures are likely to be more than 42°C over most parts of Telangana which are likely to be 3°C to 5°C above normal. The maximum temperature will be in the range of 43°C to 45°C over east and south eastern parts of the State and the remaining parts of the state is excepted to be in the range of 41°C to 43°C, while the minimum temperature will be in the range of 24°C to 28°C.