Mumbai recorded hottest march day on Thursday, March 5, with temperatures in the suburbs climbing close to 39 degrees Celsius.
For second consecutive day, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded a maximum temperature of 38.9 degrees, about 5.9 degree Celsius above normal.
A day earlier, on Wednesday, March 4, Mumbai recorded a maximum temperature of 38.7 degrees, which is the second highest day temperature of the season.
Prior to that, Mumbai recorded the warmest day of this year on February 21, with a temperature surpassing 36.3 degrees.
Meanwhile, the IMD’s coastal observatory recorded 36.2 degrees. Since the maximum temperature surpassed the 36 degrees benchmark for two days in a row, the weather bureau continued its heatwave warning till Saturday morning.
The minimum temperature stood at 23.6 degrees Celsius in Colaba and 25.4 degrees Celsius in Santacruz, both over 3 degrees above normal.
Moreover, night temperatures too remained elevated.
As per the IMD’s standard parameters, a heatwave is declared when the maximum temperature crosses 37°C for at least two consecutive days and remains more than 5°C above the normal level.