Mumbai likely to witness higher temperatures, thunderstorms this week

IMD officials said that the withdrawal of the monsoon over Mumbai and the rest of the Konkan coast is unlikely before October 15

With the official southwest monsoon season having ended on September 30, temperatures in the city are on their way up, touching a maximum of 34.5 degrees Celsius for two consecutive days on October 4 and 5, weather officials said. This is two degrees higher than normal, after temperatures remained consistently at normal or below normal in the last week of September, according to the India Meteorological Department’s automatic weather station in Santacruz.

The city saw heavy thunder and lightning activity on Tuesday evening, between 7 pm and 8 pm. (Satish Bate/HT PHOTO)

The night-time minimum temperature, too, remained 2 degrees above normal at 26 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.

The city saw heavy thunder and lightning activity on Tuesday evening, between 7 pm and 8 pm, along with light to moderate rains in a few locations.

IMD officials said that the withdrawal of the monsoon over Mumbai and the rest of the Konkan coast is unlikely before October 15, and also warned that the intensity of rains may also pick up briefly between October 10 and 11.

As per the met department’s seven-day forecast for Mumbai, daytime temperatures may rise to as much as 37 degrees by October 11 and nighttime temperatures are expected to remain between 26 and 27 degrees Celsius. In October 2020, the city had experienced a maximum temperature of 35 degrees Celsius on the 10th, 28th and 29th of the month. The highest October temperature was recorded at 38.6 degrees Celsius in 2015.