The initial part of the upcoming summer season, till the first half of April, is likely to be severe, with people in Hyderabad and across Telangana State likely to experience heat waves.
The first three months including February, March and first half of April, are expected to be severe in terms of temperatures, according to a preliminary forecast of Summer-2025, released by city-based weather forecaster T Balaji on Friday said.
The weather enthusiast, known for his accurate forecasts, on Friday said that the summer of 2025 will likely be similar to the summer of 2017.
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According to the Indian Meteorological Depratment(IMD)-Hyderabad, in 2017, there were 23 heatwaves days and the impact of 2017 summer was severe, with reports of over 108 deaths due to heat strokes in the State.
“Looking at the present situation, overall this year, early heat will be severe in February, March, April first half with heatwaves. The second half of April and first half of May will be better with some rains. May last week and June first week will be hot gain with heatwaves,” Balaji said.
The weather forecast pointed out that for good monsoons, there is a need to have a strong summer.” Remember one thing, to get good monsoon rains, we need to have strong summers as ENSO will be almost neutral during monsoon season this year,” Balaji on social media platform X noted.