For the next 48 hours, the weather in Mumbai city and suburbs will not see large change. The minimum and maximum temperature will be around 17 and 31 degrees Celsius respectively, IMD Mumbai weather report says. |
Mumbai: Although the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of a warm February with above-normal temperatures; Mumbai witnessed a cold start. The island city experienced chills over the weekend which are likely to continue till February 5, however, by the weekend, the mercury is expected to rise.
On Sunday, Mumbai’s Santacruz observatory recorded a minimum temperature of 16.6 degrees Celsius and a maximum of 31.4 degrees Celsius, both below normal. While the Colaba observatory recorded a minimum and maximum of 19.4 and 30.2 degrees Celsius respectively.
For the next 48 hours, the weather in Mumbai city and suburbs will not see large change. The minimum and maximum temperature will be around 17 and 31 degrees Celsius respectively, IMD Mumbai weather report says. The skies will be partly cloudy to mainly clear. However, as the winter season is nearing its end and in a matter of a few days, the mercury is expected to jump across the state.
IMD Mumbai Director Sunil Kamble said, “The maximum shows a mixed tendency. The northern parts of Maharashtra are expected to have below-normal maximum temperatures and the southern parts mostly will have normal to above-normal temperatures. While the minimum temperature is also expected to be above normal, especially in parts of Konkan and Madhya Maharashtra.” Mumbai and Mumbai Metropolitan Region falls in the Konkan region.
Due to changes in the wind patterns, the extremes in the weather—the cool mornings and sizzling hot afternoons—have been taking a toll on Mumbaikars’ health lately. Notably, January 2025 has been one of the warmest January months Mumbai has witnessed.
Taking a look at the warmer days the city has been witnessing lately, on January 19, the maximum temperature recorded at Santacruz Observatory was 34.3 degrees Celsius, which was 3.4 degrees Celsius above normal.
While on January 15, the maximum temperature recorded at the observatory was 35.4 degrees Celsius, which was 4.2 degrees Celsius above normal.
On January 3, Mumbai had sizzled at 36 degrees Celsius, one of the highest maximum January temperatures in the city. The all-time-ever-highest maximum January temperature recorded in Mumbai was on January 16, 2006 at 37.4 degrees Celsius.
