As regions of south India experience the effects of Cyclone Asani, Bengaluru has also experienced gloomy skies and rainfall in recent days. As a result, the temperature has fallen, leading city dwellers to take out their warm clothes. As per the weather experts, Wednesday, May 11, was one of the coolest days in the city in recent decades.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) validated this, saying that the cold weather is the outcome of a storm that came ashore on the coast of Andhra Pradesh late on Wednesday. According to the International Meteorological Department, May 11 was the chilliest day since 2012, with the lowest temperature of 19.5°C and the highest temperature of 24°C. The coldest May weekday in current Bengaluru history occurred on May 14, 1972, when the maximum temperature was 22.2°C.
Temperature Recorded In Bengaluru
According to their update, the maximum temperature in Bengaluru was 25°C at 8.30 a.m. on Thursday, while the minimum temperature was as low as 19.5°C. The IMD reported a high temperature of 26.3°C and a low temperature of 20°C at its location at Kempegowda International Airport. The HAL airport weather station shows the lowest temperature of 18°C and the highest temperature of 25.8°C.
According to the IMD, the lowest temperature registered in the city in May 2021 was 20.4°C, whereas, in 2020, it was around 20.2°C. In its briefing on Thursday morning, the meteorological service stated that Bengaluru would remain to have cloudy skies and precipitation in the next 24 hours.
The highest temperature is forecast to be about 25°C during this period, with the lowest temperature likely to be around 20°C. The weather prognosis for the next 48 hours is similar, with rain and a gloomy sky.
Cyclone Asani
Furthermore, according to the State Disaster Management Authority, cyclonic storm Asani touched down in Andhra Pradesh late Wednesday night, May 11, between Machilipatnam and Narsapuram, after fading into a deep trough. As it was earlier thought that Asani would not make landfall, it resumed its progress further towards the Andhra coast on Wednesday and abruptly shifted direction.
