It has been a year of extreme weather as far as Mumbai has concerned and it seems that we are heading for a record summer. As per the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Santacruz observatory, on Thursday, recorded the maximum temperature at 38.4 degrees Celsius, which is 6 degrees above normal. In comparison, the maximum temperature recorded at the Colaba observatory was 35.4 degrees, which is 4.5 degrees above normal. Furthermore, Borivali (East) was the hottest at 38.69 degrees, Ghatkopar, on the other hand, recorded at 38.4 degrees, followed by Bandra (West) at 37.43 degrees Celsius.
The overall average for the city stood at 38.4 degrees Celsius.
Thursday’s temperature in Mumbai is the third-highest that the island city has recorded in the entire decade. The all-time record for the highest maximum temperature in February is 39.6 degrees Celsius that was recorded on February 25, 1966.
The only relief that was there for the Mumbaikars was that the minimum temperature that was recorded in the city on Thursday was 20.4 degrees, which is only one degree above normal.
There were already warning issued by the IMD experts that the coming days could be really warm. As per the experts, these dry days signal the end of winters and the coming of summers.
It was observed that the maximum temperature all over the coastal stations remained warm which led to heatwave conditions in isolated pockets of Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts.
According to IMD, the current heatwave situation will start receding from Friday and Mumbai can look forward to the maximum temperatures coming down from that time. There is also a predicted that the maximum temperature for the next 24-hour forecast in Mumbai, will hover around 36-37 degrees Celsius.
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