The Indian Meteorological department predicted a stark decline in night temperatures to as low as three to five degrees Celsius below the seasonal average for Telangana over the next two weeks.
Dry northerly and northwesterly winds blowing over the State might result in lower minimum temperatures from Saturday till the end of the year, said the forecast. But other forecast models suggested that the conditions might continue till the first week of January, if the currents persist.
The IMD said on Friday that temperatures across the State during dusk remained between one and six degrees Celsius below normal.
Hyderabad recorded a minimum temperature of 11.9 degree C, which is three degree below normal. Adilabad recorded the lowest minimum of six degree Celsius in Southern India on Friday, while Khammam, which recorded a minimum temperature of 11 degree Celsius, saw a dip six degrees below normal. And due to the high pressure trough in the North, cold and dry winds are blowing over the State towards the South, and will continue over the next two weeks.