Hyderabad receives light to moderate rain on Sunday

On Sunday, the Hyderabad city received rain for an hour, with most areas logging a light to moderate spell. Many parts of the city also experienced thunderstorms from late afternoon, bringing the mercury levels down at Hitec City, Gachibowli, Jubilee Hills, Banjara Hills, Tolichowki, Attapur, Charminar and parts of Old City, Malakpet, Kapra, Khairatabad, Secunderabad, Uppal, Sainikpuri, Alwal, Kukatpally, Quthbullapur, Masab Tank, Rajendranagar, Madhapur, Manikonda, Narsingi, Jeedimetla, Osmania University, JNTU and other nearby areas.

The maximum temperature in the state on Sunday was 45°C, recorded at Mahadevpur in Jayashankar-Bhupalpally, followed by Nirmal and Peddapalle, at 44.9°C, and Mancherial, at 44.8°C. In the city, the highest temperature, 41°C, was recorded at Chandanagar, according to the



TS Development & Planning Society report.

The IMD also downgraded its heat alert, with only six districts put on orange alert. Adilabad, Mancherial, Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Nizamabad, Nirmal and Peddapelle are expected to clock the maximum temperatures, of 40-44°C, in the state while the other districts were issued a yellow alert, with maximum temperatures to be in the range of 36-40°C, for the next five days.

Meanwhile, Hyderabad will experience a partly cloudy sky and receive light to moderate rains or thundershowers towards evening or night, with minimum and maximum temperatures likely to be around 38 degrees Celsius (°C) and 27°C, respectively, accompanied by south-westerly surface winds with a speed of 4-8 kmph.