13 October,2026 08:36 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Mumbai recorded a maximum temperature of 36.4 degrees Celsius on Tuesday. File Pic
Maharashtra continued to experience above-normal temperatures on Tuesday, October 13, with Ratnagiri in the Konkan recording the state's highest maximum temperature of 39.4 degrees Celsius, 7 degrees above normal.
Several other stations also recorded significantly higher-than-normal daytime temperatures, while dry conditions prevailed across the state, with no rainfall reported at any station.
According to the weather report, Beed in Marathwada recorded 38 degrees Celsius, 6.4 degrees above normal, while Yavatmal in Vidarbha registered 38.2 degrees Celsius, 6.5 degrees above normal. Jalgaon in north Maharashtra recorded the state's lowest minimum temperature at 17.6 degrees Celsius, 2.3 degrees below normal.
Mumbai recorded a maximum temperature of 36.4 degrees Celsius, 3.2 degrees above normal, while the minimum stood at 26.5 degrees Celsius, 1.1 degrees above normal.
Ratnagiri topped the state's maximum temperature readings at 39.4 degrees Celsius, followed by Dahanu at 36.3 degrees Celsius, 2.6 degrees above normal, and Alibag at 35.1 degrees Celsius, 2.1 degrees above normal.
Alibag also recorded the state's highest minimum temperature at 27.9 degrees Celsius, 3.7 degrees above normal. Ratnagiri's minimum was 22.8 degrees Celsius, 0.8 degrees below normal, while Dahanu recorded 24 degrees Celsius, 0.5 degrees below normal. Santacruz recorded a minimum of 24 degrees Celsius and Panjim 23.6 degrees Celsius.
Pune's Shivajinagar station recorded a maximum temperature of 35.1 degrees Celsius, 3.5 degrees above normal, and a minimum of 19.4 degrees Celsius, marginally below normal.
Relative humidity stood at 68 per cent at 8.30 am and 31 per cent at 5.30 pm. No rainfall was recorded during the reporting period.
For Wednesday, the forecast for Pune indicates mainly clear skies, with maximum and minimum temperatures expected to be around 35 degrees Celsius and 19 degrees Celsius, respectively.
The city's seasonal rainfall stood at just 1.4 mm against the normal of 50.2 mm, leaving a deficit of 48.8 mm.
Several stations in Madhya Maharashtra also reported temperatures above normal. Solapur recorded a maximum of 36.8 degrees Celsius, 4 degrees above normal, while Jalgaon reached 36.6 degrees Celsius, 2.3 degrees above normal.
Satara recorded 35.8 degrees Celsius, 4.3 degrees above normal, followed by Nashik at 35.5 degrees Celsius, 3.1 degrees above normal, and Lohgaon at 35.4 degrees Celsius, 3.8 degrees above normal. Kolhapur recorded 34.3 degrees Celsius, while Mahabaleshwar registered 27.9 degrees Celsius.
Night temperatures were also elevated at some locations. Ahilyanagar recorded a minimum of 23.3 degrees Celsius, 5.1 degrees above normal, the highest positive departure among the minimum-temperature readings in the report. Lohgaon recorded a minimum of 21.1 degrees Celsius, 1.6 degrees above normal.
In contrast, Jalgaon recorded a minimum of 17.6 degrees Celsius, 2.3 degrees below normal, while Nashik's minimum of 18.4 degrees Celsius was 0.8 degrees below normal.
In Marathwada, Beed recorded a maximum temperature of 38 degrees Celsius, 6.4 degrees above normal. Parbhani registered 35.1 degrees Celsius, 2.5 degrees above normal, while its minimum temperature was 20.1 degrees Celsius, 0.4 degrees below normal.
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar recorded a minimum of 21 degrees Celsius, 1.3 degrees above normal, while Dharashiv registered 20.8 degrees Celsius, 1 degree above normal.
Vidarbha also experienced elevated daytime temperatures. Yavatmal recorded 38.2 degrees Celsius, 6.5 degrees above normal, while Amravati registered 36.8 degrees Celsius, 3.9 degrees above normal. Akola reached 36.6 degrees Celsius, while Washim and Buldhana recorded 36 degrees Celsius and 35.8 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Buldhana's maximum was 5.2 degrees above normal, one of the sharpest positive departures in the region. Nagpur recorded 34 degrees Celsius, 0.6 degrees above normal, while Gondia was the only station in the region to record a maximum below normal, at 33 degrees Celsius, 0.3 degrees below normal.
Minimum temperatures in Vidarbha varied across the region. Chandrapur recorded 23.8 degrees Celsius, 0.8 degrees above normal, followed by Akola at 23.6 degrees Celsius, 2.3 degrees above normal, and Brahmapuri at 23 degrees Celsius, 1.4 degrees above normal.
Amravati recorded a minimum of 21.1 degrees Celsius, while Nagpur registered 20.4 degrees Celsius, marginally below normal. Washim's minimum was 19 degrees Celsius, 1.5 degrees below normal, while Gondia recorded 18.6 degrees Celsius, 3 degrees below normal, the largest negative departure among the minimum-temperature readings in the report.
With no rainfall reported across the state, Maharashtra continued to experience dry weather alongside elevated daytime temperatures at several monitoring stations.
