Tuesday's high temperature at 39.7 degrees Celsius in Mumbai was the city's warmest April day since 2009

On April 16, the Santacruz-based observatory (representative of Mumbai's suburbs) recorded a maximum temperature of 39.7 degrees Celsius, an IMD official had earlier said

The mercury reading at the Colaba observatory (representative of south Mumbai) was 35.2 degrees Celsius on Tuesday

The city had clocked a maximum temperature of 40.6 degrees Celsius on April 2, 2009, an official said

Colaba and Santacruz observatories had recorded 37.9 degrees Celsius and 34.7 degrees Celsius maximum temperatures, respectively, on Monday

On Wednesday, Mumbaikars got some relief from soaring temperatures. Colaba and Santacruz observatories recorded maximum temperatures of 34 degrees Celsius and 34.7 degrees Celsius, respectively

Earlier, the IMD had issued a heatwave warning for Mumbai and neighbouring Thane and Raigad districts in Maharashtra