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Amid the ongoing heatwave in the city and its neighbouring districts, the temperatures in Mumbai soared to 39.1 degrees celsius on Monday afternoon, making it the city’s second hottest April day in the past decade. This comes along the heels of Mumbai recording its hottest day in over a decade when the temperatures soared to nearly 40 degrees celsius, earlier this month. Thane also sizzled as the temperatures soared to 42 degrees celsius on Monday.
In a sign of relief for citizens, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the temperatures are slated to fall from Tuesday onwards.
On Monday, the IMD’s Santacruz weather station registered a maximum temperature of 39.1 degrees Celsius, which is the city’s second hottest April day in the past one decade. The hottest April day of the decade had also been recorded earlier this month on April 16 when the city registered a maximum temperature of 39.7 degrees Celsius. Before this, the city had recorded its hottest day of April in 2014, when the maximum temperatures spiked to 39 degree Celsius.
While the suburbs sizzled at 39.1 degrees, Colaba’s coastal observatory registered a maximum temperature of 35.2 degrees. The minimum temperatures, meanwhile, hovered around 27 degrees in both the divisions.
From today, however, the city can heave a sigh of relief with the IMD withdrawing the heatwave alert for Mumbai and as well as Thane and Raigad districts. The weather bureau has sounded a yellow alert stating hot and humid conditions for the city on Tuesday, following which the temperatures will subside further.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Sushma Nair, scientist from IMD Mumbai said that the city is sweltering owing to an anticyclonic circulation.
“From Tuesday, the anticyclonic circulation, which had led to the spike in the temperatures, will start dissipating, resulting in a drop of temperatures. Even so, on Tuesday, the conditions will be hot and humid and then from the next day, the temperatures will fall furthermore,” added Nair.
In what is making for an exceptionally warm April — with the city witnessing record shattering temperatures, Mumbai has witnessed five heatwave days in the month of April so far, including a ‘severe heatwave’ alert sounded on April 16.
The spike in city’s temperatures are in line with the IMD’s long range forecast where it indicated that Maharashtra is slated to witness a warmer summer by at least 1 – 2 degrees celsius, this year. Alluding to climate change and rapid urbanisation, the director of IMD Mumbai, Sunil Kamble had said that the state will witness more heatwaves, during the course of this summer.
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