Every Day Could Be a ’Sun’day This Summer
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad: The current spell of soaring temperatures could well be an indication of how severe this summer might be for Telangana, if the highs recorded across the state on Monday are any indication. One of the reasons for the above normal temperatures is the El Nino, the unusual warming of waters in the southern Pacific Ocean which disrupts normal weather patterns and impacts several parts of the world including the Indian monsoon season, as was witnessed during the 2023 rainy season in the country which witnessed less than average rainfall. The IMD, for the April forecast released on Monday, said there was a 45 to 75 per cent probability of above normal temperatures in Telangana state, as well as rest of the country except isolated pockets of northeast and northwest India. For what the IMD calls AMJ period, it said only one small pocket in Telangana – probably in the Peddapalli-Karimnagar-Jagtial belt —may record normal temperatures when averaged out, while the rest of the state will experience above normal temperatures even when the averages are taken at the end of the summer season.