On Sunday, the maximum temperature in Mumbai rose to 34°C, as per India Meteorological Department's (IMD) weather forecast. While on the other hand, the minimum temperature was 26°C.
Mumbai will witness clear sky today, with a relative humidity of about 77% in Santacruz and 94% in Colaba. The air quality index (AQI) for PM2.5 pollutants – was 32 (Good) on Sunday morning.
The country's meteorological department on Wednesday said that India will receive normal monsoon this season. In its forecast for the Southwest monsoon that covers 75 percent of the country, and thereby may bring much-needed respite to the economy, which is reeling under the catastrophic effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing an online briefing, IMD Director General M Mohapatra said quantitatively, the rainfall is likely to be 100 percent of the Long Period Average (LPA) in the monsoon season (June-September) with a model error of 5 percent.
The IMD on March 30 predicted that the average temperature in some parts of the country is likely to remain above normal during the April-June period. The April-June seasonal average minimum and mean temperatures are also likely to be warmer than normal by 0.5 degree Celcius to 1.0 degree Celcius over most of the subdivisions of northwest, west, central, east and western peninsular India, it said.
The IMD Mumbai in its weather forecast for Saturday stated that the maximum temperature in Santacruz was 34.2°C, while the minimum temperature was 25.8°C. On the other hand, the maximum temperature in Colaba was 33.6°C, while the minimum temperature was 26°C.
