Mumbai temperature to witness a dip

As per reports, a chill can be expected in Mumbai from Monday, December 28, which would continue the next three days.

Chill in the air from tonight. Next 3 days should be pleasant weather with max temp around 29-30C and min temp of 15-16C on Tuesday & Wednesday.

— Mumbai Rains (@IndiaWeatherMan) December 27, 2020

Moreover, the maximum temperature is supposed to be around 29-30 Degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature at 15-16 Degrees Celsius on Tuesday and Wednesday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) also reported the same. 

28 Dec,Min temp in state.
Mumbai dropped frm yesterday's 20 to 16°C
Jalna 15.7 Pune 13.9 Parbhani 14.3 Jalgaon 12.5 A'bad 15.3 Ratnagiri 20.2
Satara 15.3 Nashik 10..4 Mwr 14.9 Malegaon 13.6 Kolhapur 18 Baramati 14.8 Santacruz 16 Nanded 12.5
Jeur 18 Osbad 14.4 Lowest Gondia 7.4 pic.twitter.com/EUFYc8zpbd

— K S Hosalikar (@Hosalikar_KS) December 28, 2020

27 Dec, Mumbai today recorded significant drop in max temperature as compared to yesterday, Colaba 29.4 and Santacruz 30.9°C.
How wonderfully its picked up by IMD GFS model too as shown below. NWP System in IMD/MoES has come a long way to help in f/c@RMC_Mumbai @Indiametdept pic.twitter.com/DnyT9PFPwh

— K S Hosalikar (@Hosalikar_KS) December 27, 2020

According to K S Hosalikar, deputy director-general of the western region, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), "The fall in temperatures is mostly due to the cold northerly to northwesterly winds from the northern plains in association with the passage of western disturbance". He also reasserted that the temperature in Mumbai is expected to low starting December 27 and continue for the next 2 to 3 days.

Meanwhile, the maximum temperatures in the city saw a rise on Friday, December 25. The IMD had earlier predicted an increase in the temperature over the weekend as north-easterly cold winds were to be replaced by warm southeasterly winds.

On Friday, the minimum temperature was 18.8 degrees Celsius and 21.2 degrees Celsius at Santacruz and Colaba weather observatories, respectively, up from 16.2 degrees Celsius and 20.2 degrees Celsius, respectively, on the previous day.

On Wednesday, the minimum temperature in the city had dipped to 15.8 degrees Celsius, which was the season’s coldest day. Earlier on Tuesday, December 22, the minimum temperature in Mumbai dropped to 16 degrees Celsius, which was the lowest so far. Before Tuesday, the minimum temperature was clocked on December 7 at 17.4 degrees Celsius. On the other hand, the lowest minimum temperature in December 2019 was 16.4 degrees Celsius and it was 14.4 degrees Celsius a year before.

However, the air quality, which improved slightly on Monday, deteriorated on Tuesday as temperatures dropped. Mumbai recorded an average air quality index (AQI) of 183 (moderate). Moreover, the AQI reading in Navi Mumbai was 331 (very poor category). On the other hand, the Bandra Kurla Complex area had the worst air quality with the AQI reading at 336.