Mumbai experienced a cold and slightly hazy morning on Wednesday, bringing relief from the recent humidity. IMD forecasts clear skies with temperatures between 17 degree Celsius and 31 degree. While the weather turned pleasant, the city’s AQI stayed in the ‘moderate’ category at 162
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The chill of the slightly cold winter breeze has already started to make the climate in Mumbai a lot more pleasant. On Wednesday, the city woke up to a cold but hazy morning, making the Mumbaikars a lot more relieved from the sticky heat.
While hinting at slight temperature drops in the next 24 hours, the Indian Meteorological Agency has predicted that Mumbai will experience clear skies with maximum and minimum temperatures likely to be around 31 degrees Celsius and 17 degrees Celsius, respectively.
With the weather across Mumbai having been reported mostly as clear, the fairly cold temperature has been making the atmosphere a lot more pleasant compared to the last few weeks.
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At Colaba, the minimum temperature was recorded at 22 degrees Celsius with 42 per cent relative humidity. No rainfall was reported, while the total seasonal rainfall so far stands at 216.3 millimetres.
As per the IMD, at the Santacruz observatory, the minimum temperature was 16.2 degrees Celsius, and humidity stood at 56 per cent. The station recorded no rain, keeping Mumbai’s seasonal rainfall total at 106.6 millimetres.
Elsewhere in the Konkan region, Ratnagiri in the last 24 hours reported a minimum temperature of 21 degrees Celsius with 54 per cent humidity and no rainfall, while its cumulative rainfall for the season stood at 405.7 millimetres.
Furthermore, in the western Maharashtra belt, Satara reported hazy weather conditions with a minimum temperature of 12 degrees Celsius and 43 per cent humidity. Mahabaleshwar, the hill station, remained the coolest in the region with a minimum of 12 degrees Celsius and no rainfall recorded.
AQI in Mumbai stays ‘moderate’
With no respite in air quality across the city and suburbs, the AQI as per the SAMEER app stays in the ‘moderate’ range. The city on Wednesday experienced a hazy morning yet again, raising concern over worsening air quality. While the mist disappeared over the course of the day.
The Central Pollution Control Board’s SAMEER app reported in its latest Mumbai weather updates that the city’s air quality is in the 'moderate' category with an AQI of 162.
Experts have further warned that AQI is likely to worsen as winter approaches, which was the scene previously in 2023-24. As the western part of the country moves from prolonged rains to impending winter, Mumbai has consistently recorded worsening AQI during this seasonal change since 2022, particularly from November to January.
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