Mumbai weather today: At 16.2 degree Celsius, Mumbai wakes up to its coldest morning in a decade

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), minimum temperatures are likely to increase in the coming days.

Mumbai has been in the midst of an early cold spell this November, with the minimum temperatures dipping below 20 degree, in a first for the season, on November 9. Since then, minimum temperatures have gradually dipped below normal levels.

Records accessed by The Indian Express show that this is the coldest November day in at least one decade. In the past 10 years, till 2014, the lowest minimum in November was recorded in 2016, when temperatures reached 16.3 degrees on November 11.

Besides this, the only time minimum temperatures hovered at 16 degree Celsius in the past decade was in 2024, when it dipped to 16.5 degrees. The all-time lowest minimum temperature for November was recorded in 1950, when it reached 13.3 degrees.

IMD Mumbai meteorologists have attributed the ongoing cold spell to the influx of cold Northerly and North Easterly winds across the Central and Peninsular parts of the country. However, scientists said winter has yet to begin, with IMD officially recognising only January and February as winter months.

In its forecast bulletin, the weather bureau has indicated that minimum temperatures are slated to soar over 20 degrees again in the coming days.

The record-breaking temperature on Wednesday came after the city recorded its coldest daytime temperatures for November in a decade earlier this month, when maximum temperatures reached 27 degrees on November 2.

However, unlike the current cold wave, the previous dip in temperature was spurred by the unseasonal showers that swept the region in the first week of November.