Mumbai shivers at 13.7 degree Celsius on Monday morning
Mumbai shivers at 13.7 degree Celsius on Monday morning
After days of sweltering under above-normal temperatures, Mumbai on Monday shivered at 13.7 degree Celsius as temperature dipped further. The day has been the coldest
December in the past nine years when in 2015, the temperature dropped to 11.4 degree.
As per India Meteorological Department (IMD), Mumbai’s cold spell will continue through the week.
Last Wednesday Mumbai recorded 37.3 degree Celsius, its hottest December day since 2008.
The city’s cold spell is to continue through the week with the minimum temperature likely to remain below 20 degree until Friday at least. In its forecast bulletin, IMD said the minimum temperature is likely to remain below 17 degree Celsius until at least Wednesday, following which it may spike to remain in the range of 19 to 21 degree until the weekend. The daytime temperatures are also expected to oscillate between 31 to 32 degree Celsius until Saturday.
This marked a significant drop of over 11 degrees in the past three days when the minimum temperature in Mumbai had hovered around 25 degree Celsius until Friday morning.
Records also show that in the past decade, the second lowest temperature for the month of December had been recorded in 2018 at 14.4 degree Celsius.
The city’s coldest day in the last nine years on Monday came after Mumbai recorded 37.3 degree Celsius — its hottest December day since 2008 — last Wednesday.
Many weather experts have attributed this sudden change in weather conditions to the waning effects of Cyclone Fengal and the easterlies.
News Edit KV Raman
