HYDERABAD,March12,2012: The city's otherwise sultry
temperature dropped on Friday registering 34.9 degree Celsius. Met officials attributed the sharp three-degree fall to the cool northerly winds that are blowing over parts of the state during daytime. The city's highest maximum so far this month was 37.9 degrees Celsius which was recorded on March 3. Officials said that March will always have such erratic phases of transformation because of the seasonal shift. "This fluctuation will be there during the season shift with the sudden rise and fall in the temperatures," said R V Subba Rao, assistant meteorologist, Met department. He added that this is a regional phenomenon restricted to Telangana and Rayalaseema. The temperatures continued to remain above normal levels across coastal AP. According to experts, even the minimum temperature has witnessed a 4 degree fall recording 18.4 degrees centigrade on Friday. The city had recorded a maximum of 22.2 degrees on Thursday. The weather officials said that similar temperature conditions are likely to prevail in the city during the next couple of days. Subsequently, the temperatures will start shooting up. April and May will be the hottest months, officials said.
