With a minimal temperature of 16.5 levels Celsius, Mumbai on Friday recorded its coldest day within the final eight years, the India Meteorological Division mentioned.
The Santacruz observatory recorded this temperature from Thursday evening until Friday morning, information company PTI reported. The observatory data climate for the Mumbai suburbs.
IMD Mumbai scientist Sushma Nair mentioned that earlier than this, Mumbai recorded its lowest temperature of 16.3 levels Celsius on November 11, 2016.
The Colaba observatory, which data the climate parameters for the island metropolis, recorded a minimal temperature of 21.4 levels Celsius throughout the identical interval.
Nair, nonetheless, mentioned that there isn’t a chilly wave for Maharashtra from November 30 to December 3, and the temperature is about to extend.
That is the second time in 4 days that Mumbai has damaged the eight-year document. On November 26, India’s monetary capital recorded a minimal temperature of 16.8 levels Celsius.
On that day, the Colaba observatory registered a minimal temperature of twenty-two.5 levels Celsius.
Director of IMD Mumbai, Sunil Kamble, mentioned that the hotter temperatures, which the island metropolis is prone to expertise after December 3, are due to a system within the Bay of Bengal.
“Whereas we’re at present receiving easterlies and northerlies which have introduced down temperatures, days will get hotter from Saturday owing to the despair in Bay of Bengal. This can trigger a rise in moisture which additionally results in greater temperatures,” Kamble was quoted as saying by The Indian Specific.
As a consequence of this technique, the monetary capital can even witness cloudy skies within the coming few days.
On Friday, Mumbai recorded a most temperature of 27 levels Celsius and a humidity stage of 48 per cent. The town additionally noticed an air high quality index (AQI) of 106 as of 8:30 pm, with a PM2.5 stage of 37 µg/m³.
(with PTI inputs)