Mumbai shivers at 16.5° Celsius; registers coldest November day in 8 years
The Hindu
Mumbai records lowest November temperature in 8 years, with no cold wave alert for Maharashtra.
Mumbai recorded a minimum temperature of 16.5° Celsius, its lowest in November in the last eight years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday (November 29, 2024).
This temperature was recorded by the Santacruz observatory from Thursday night till Friday morning.
Before this, this weather station had recorded the minimum temperature of 16.3° Celsius on November 11, 2016, said Sushma Nair, scientist at the IMD Mumbai.
The Santacruz observatory records weather parameters for Mumbai's suburbs.
The Colaba observatory in the metropolis, which records weather parameters for the island city, registered a minimum temperature of 21.4° Celsius during the same period.
Ms. Nair said there is no cold wave alert for Maharashtra from November 30 to December 3, and the temperature is set to rise.
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