HYDERABAD SIZZLES ON SEASON'S HOTTEST DAY

INN News Desk

Did it seem like you had entered a blast furnace as soon as you stepped out of the house on Saturday? Hail the Hyderabad summer. The mercury shot up to a dizzying 45.2 ° C, the maximum temperature recorded at the Met office, making it the hottest day of the season so far. The temperature was six degrees above normal.

Sadly, there is no respite in sight with the Met department predicting that the sweltering weather will persist over the next week. The maximum temperature on Sunday is likely to hover around 43 ° C, while from Monday onwards it will be around 44 ° . It will be in the same range till Thursday.
Night temperatures, meanwhile, will be in the range of 26 ° C- 29 ° C. In the absence of any cloud cover and low humidity in the air, the sun will be shining bright all through the next week, Met officials said.

Hyderabad is among the country’s several parts reeling under heat- wave like conditions. In parts of Rajasthan, western Himalayan region, south Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka, the minimum temperatures remained 4 to 6 degrees above normal. The highest temperature was recorded in Bikaner, where the mercury hit 47 ° C. Meanwhile, the Southwest monsoon winds have reached Andaman islands and monsoon appears to be on course. Its onset in Kerala may be delayed a bit due to the influence of cyclone Mahasen.