Mumbai hits season’s lowest minimum temperature at 19°C

MUMBAI: The city recorded its lowest minimum temperature for the season on Thursday morning, with the mercury dipping to 19°C — also a dip from 20.4 degrees Celsius recorded a day ago.However, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated that temperatures are expected to rise in the coming days, with another cold spell likely only after November 20.Meanwhile, the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the city was 134, which falls in the ‘moderate' category.While the IMD Santacruz observatory recorded minimum temperature of 19 degrees Celsius, it was 2.6 degrees below normal. The IMD Colaba observatory recorded minimum temperature of 24.4 degrees Celsius, which was 0.7 degrees above normal.The day temperature in the city, however, stayed on the higher side as the IMD Colaba observatory recorded maximum temperature of 35.2 degrees Celsius, which was 1.7 degrees above normal.IMD Santacruz recorded 36.8 degrees Celsius, which was 2.9 degrees above normal."As with seasonal weather, the minimum temperature starts to fall gradually after mid-November under clear skies and calm, dry conditions. As the last few days have already seen temperature around 20-21°C, November 14 experienced a further drop. However, the maximum temperature remains around 36°C. And from November 15, minimum temperature will also rise owing to moisture incursion in easterlies," said weather enthusiast Abhijit Modak.