30 October,2026 11:06 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Parts of Mumbai receive rainfall on Friday morning (Pic/Ashish Raje)
Parts of Mumbai received rainfall during the early hours of Friday, October 30, even as partly cloudy conditions continued to prevail across the city.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) also issued a yellow alert for Mumbai, forecasting light spells of rainfall at isolated places across the city.
According to the nowcast warning issued at 9:30 am on Friday, light spells of rain are very likely to occur at isolated places in Mumbai over the next four hours.
According to weather data recorded on Friday morning, Colaba recorded a minimum temperature of 27.2 degrees Celsius, which was 2.9 degrees above the normal, while Santacruz recorded a minimum temperature of 25.2 degrees Celsius, also 2.9 degrees above normal.
According to the IMD, isolated areas of some districts may experience thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, light to moderate rainfall, and gusty winds. Wind speeds of 30-40 kmph are forecast in several districts, while some parts of Vidarbha may experience gusts of 40-50 kmph.
While parts of central and eastern Mumbai received rainfall on Friday, no rainfall was recorded in the western suburbs, according to rainfall data shared by civic authorities.
In central Mumbai, N M Joshi Marg Municipal School in Lower Parel recorded the highest rainfall at 9 mm. Sewri Koliwada Municipal School and Talchekar Wadi Municipal School in Lower Parel recorded 4 mm of rainfall.
In the eastern suburbs, Vaibhav Nagar Municipal School in Chembur recorded 5 mm of rainfall, while the M-East Ward Office and Shivaji Nagar Municipal School in Govandi recorded 3 mm each.
Mumbai's overall AQI was reported at 79 on Friday morning, according to the figures provided for the Central Pollution Control Board's SAMEER app. Under India's national AQI classification, readings between 51 and 100 fall in the satisfactory category, while values between 101 and 200 are classified as moderate.
However, several monitoring stations recorded moderate pollution levels. Malad registered an AQI of 104, followed by Mazgaon at 104 and Shivaji Nagar at 103.
On the other hand, Worli recorded an AQI of 57. Andheri stood at 86, while Ghatkopar registered 61.
Across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Thane recorded an AQI of 122, while Navi Mumbai registered 90 and Kalyan reported 86, according to the figures provided.
Thane's reading falls in the moderate category, while Navi Mumbai and Kalyan remain in the satisfactory range under the national classification.
