HYDERABAD: The southwest monsoon has finally arrived in Telangana on Friday and covered the entire State on Friday, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD)-Hyderabad, two days later than the scheduled date. However, if you are expecting it to be a wet June, the IMD forecast is a spoiler. Monsoon showers can be expected across the state in the next 24 hours and some isolated places will experience heavy to very heavy rainfall. However, while rainfall will be normal in the next one week i.e. till June 14, the following two weeks it would be subdued. The normal rainfall for Telangana and Hyderabad for June is 110.7 mm and 135.9mm respectively, as per the IMD.
The southwest monsoon has finally advanced into Telangana and covered the entire State on Friday, informed India Meteorological Department (IMD)-Hyderabad. The monsoon has entered Telangana two days after its general date of June 6, but is much earlier than last year, when the onset of monsoon in Telangana was on June 12. However, if you are expecting it to be a wet June, then the IMD forecast is a spoiler for you. As per the forecast, monsoon showers can be expected across the state in the next 24 hours and some isolated places will experience heavy to very heavy rainfall.
However, while rainfall recorded in the State will be normal over the span of next one week i.e. till June 14, in the following two weeks - from June 15 to June 28 - rainfall is expected to subdue. The normal rainfall for Telangana and Hyderabad for June is 110.7 mm and 135.9mm respectively, as per the IMD.
Meanwhile, on Friday monsoon rains lashed most parts of Mahbubnagar, Wanaparthy, Nagarkurnool, Gadwal, Adilabad, Nirmal, Mancherial, Nizamabad, Jagtial, Pedapalle, Karimnagar and a few parts of Warangal, Jangaon, Nalgonda, Suryapet, Vikarabad, Rangareddy and Yadadri districts.
Bejjanki, in Siddipet district, recorded the highest rainfall at 88 mm in the State on Friday.
Meanwhile, in Hyderabad, some parts of the city experienced a drizzle. However, maximum temperatures remained below normal in the city and the weather remained pleasant with overcast skies. Maximum temperature in Hyderabad was 31.5 degree Celsius, which is 5.5 degree Celsius below normal. Similar was the condition across the state, as maximum temperatures were recorded below normal everywhere.