City temperature drops to 16.4°C

The city witnessed cooler conditions on Thursday with a 4.4 degrees drop in the night temperature.

The city witnessed cooler conditions on Thursday with a 4.4 degrees drop in the night temperature.

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The Santacruz weather observatory, representative of the suburbs and Mumbai, recorded 16.4 degrees Celsius on Thursday, down from 20.8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday.

The lowest minimum temperature in suburbs was recorded in Borivli at 14.4 degrees Celsius, followed by Powai at 14.9 degrees Celsius and Goregaon at 15 degrees Celsius. South Mumbai, however, recorded a marginal drop in temperature as the Colaba weather station recorded 20.2 degrees Celsius, as compared to 21 degrees Celsius on Wednesday.

“A cool spell is currently underway for Mumbai for the next 48 hours. After the moving away of the western disturbance over northern parts of the country, cool winds from the north will result in pleasant weather in Mumbai,” said KS Hosalikar, deputy director general, western region, India Meteorological Department.

The maximum temperature on Thursday dropped below the 30 degrees Celsius mark as well. South Mumbai recorded day temperature at 28.5 degrees Celsius, while the suburbs recorded 29.6 degrees Celsius.

Even as temperature dropped below the normal mark on Thursday, air quality in the city did not take a hit.

The pollutant-measuring indicator — air quality index (AQI) — was recorded at 141, falling under ‘moderate’ category.

A clear sky has been predicted for Friday with the day and night temperatures expected to be 30 and 17 degrees Celsius, while the AQI is pegged at 153 (moderate).