Notwithstanding a marginal rise in minimum temperatures, the winter chill continued across the city on Sunday. The IMD’s Santacruz observatory recorded a minimum temperature of 17.2°C, 1.3°C below normal, while Colaba logged 20.9°C, 0.2°C below normal. A day earlier, minimum temperatures were 16.6°C at Santacruz and 20.7°C at Colaba. Day temperatures remained high, with Colaba recording a maximum of 33.8°C and Santacruz 33.1°C.
As per IMD’s forecast, minimum temperatures are expected to hover around 19°C on December 15, before rising above 20°C from December 16 onwards, likely touching 21°C.
However, December 19 will be an experience as another dip is likely with minimums expected to fall to around 18°C.
On December 12, Mumbai experienced an unusually chill.morning, with Santacruz recording 14.9°C—the lowest temperature so far this season and the coldest reading of 2025.
According to Athreya Shetty, Independent forecaster, the brief warming trend is linked to a weak western disturbance impacting the Himalayas, temporarily weakening cold northerly winds. Adding that this will allow winds to shift to an east-southeasterly direction amid Monday and Wednesday, raising minimum temperatures by 2–3°C, especially over Konkan and parts of Madhya Maharashtra
Madhya Maharashtra (Central Maharashtra) generally refers to the interior districts of western Maharashtra, excluding the Konkan coastal belt and Vidarbha.
“However, the morning chill will persist, with minimums of 16–18°C expected over the Konkan belt, including the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, and 10–12°C across central Maharashtra and Vidarbha. From Thursday onwards, a fresh surge of cold northerly winds is likely to bring another sharp drop in temperatures, with minimums falling to 11–14°C in Konkan and 5–10°C in interior regions.
News Edit KV Raman