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Time of India
27-05-2025
- Climate
- Time of India
City logs 2nd wettest May day in 10 yrs, after Tauktae
Mumbai: A 24-hour period between May 26 and 27 marked the second wettest May day in 10 years for both IMD observatories in Mumbai. The Colaba station recorded 162 mm of rainfall, while the Santacruz observatory logged 144 mm. This level of precipitation was last seen in May 2021, during Cyclone Tauktae, an event not related to the early arrival of the monsoon. At that time, Colaba and Santacruz recorded 257.8 mm and 256 mm of rain, respectively. So far this May, IMD Colaba has recorded 473.1 mm of rainfall, surpassing its previous all-time monthly high of 279.4 mm set in May 1918. Santacruz has recorded 343.2 mm of rain this month. Despite the downpour, rainfall remained largely confined to south Mumbai. The suburbs and catchment areas that feed the city's water supply lakes received little to no precipitation. As of Tuesday, water stock levels remain unchanged at 15%. The rains, however, did bring some relief from the heat. Minimum temperatures dropped below 30°C, down from nearly 34°C last week. On Tuesday, IMD Colaba recorded a low of 26.4°C, while Santacruz reported 28.7°C. Although the intensity of rain decreased on Tuesday, a yellow alert remains in effect for Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar until May 27, while Raigad is under an orange alert for May 27-28. On Monday, during a nine-hour period ending at 5.30 pm, Colaba received 16.6 mm of rain, while Santacruz saw just 1.2 mm. Weather enthusiast Abhijit Modak explained that Monday's heavy rain in south Mumbai was due to a shear zone and vortices convergence, which primarily impacted Raigad. "While Raigad was expected to face intense weather, adjoining areas like Badlapur and parts of south Mumbai also experienced a thunderstorm build-up early in the morning. These cells, influenced by the shear zone, tracked from northeast to southwest, placing south Mumbai in the path of heavy rainfall," he said. "In contrast (northern areas) saw minimal rain, as they lay outside the main thunderstorm path." According to the IMD, the southwest monsoon has already reached Mumbai and Pune. Over the next 2-3 days, it is expected to advance further into the central Arabian Sea, more parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and much of the west-central and northern Bay of Bengal.
Time of India
08-05-2025
- Climate
- Time of India
At 22.2C, Colaba enjoys its coldest May day ever recorded as rain hits city
Mumbai: Mumbaikars woke up to an unusually chilly May morning on Thursday, with the Colaba weather station recording a minimum temperature of 22.2 Celsius, the lowest for the month ever logged at the observatory since record keeping began in 1881. The earlier record was 22.8 set on May 25, 1951, reports Richa Pinto. The Santacruz observatory logged 20.6, making it the second coldest May morning in over 40 22.2, the minimum logged at Colaba was 4.7 below normal, while Santacruz's 20.2 was 5.8 below temperatures in the city during May have usually ranged between 24 and 27 over the last 10 attributed the unseasonal chill to an unstable air mass lingering in the wake of a passing cold front, which is the boundary between warm and cold air masses. The temperature drops following the passage of the cold front, as Mumbai experienced Thursday. It marked the 3rd straight rainy day, with several areas seeing brief but intense day temperatures too dipped below normal in the city. On Thursday, the IMD's Colaba and Santacruz observatories recorded maximum temperatures of 31.9 and 32.6 degrees, respectively. While it was 1.5 degrees below normal at Colaba, it was near normal at Santacruz.A yellow alert was already in place, indicating thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, light to moderate rain, and gusty winds at isolated places. According to the IMD data, the 24-hour period between May 7 and 8 was Mumbai's second wettest May day in the past decade, with 32.1mm of rainfall recorded. IMD said the pre-monsoon showers were owing to a western disturbance system that led to the formation of a trough in the upper levels, which is tilting southwards, and there is a lot of moisture along this trough. This system resulted in heavy showers and gusty winds. The weather forecast for Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar for May 9 predicted very likely light rain. From May 10, dry weather conditions are very likely to the Colaba Observatory was established in 1826, systematic meteorological records that are considered continuous and official by the IMD began to be kept in 1881. This is the year from which IMD Colaba's weather data is typically cited for long-term climate trends in Mumbai.
Time of India
07-05-2025
- Climate
- Time of India
City records 2nd wettest May day in a decade on Wed; yellow alert today
Mumbai: After two consecutive days of unseasonal rainfall , May 7 was recorded as the second wettest May Day in a decade with IMD Colaba and Santacruz observatories recording 12.4mm and 24.8mm rainfall, respectively, in the 12 hours ending 8.30pm IMD Santacruz, it was the second highest, 24-hour May rainfall in a decade. Previously, on May 18, 2021, it had logged a massive 230mm rainfall in a single day due to cyclonic storm 'Tauktae'.A late-night downpour with lightning and thunder on Tuesday was followed by another spell on Wednesday morning and again in the early evening BMC received 15 tree fall complaints from city area in the 24-hour Mumbai, a yellow alert was issued for both May 7 and 8, indicating thunderstorms with lightning, light to moderate rainfall, and gusty experts attributed this unusual system to a rare, strong low-latitude Western Disturbance currently stationed over north Gujarat, along with a mid-level trough extending to the north Arabian Sea. "It is very rare for a Western Disturbance to dip this far south in May,," said independent meteorologist Athreya enthusiast Rushikesh Agre said cooler days for Mumbai and surrounding areas will continue until around May 9-10. Meanwhile, Abhijit Modak, who runs the Konkan Weather blog, said this unique May weather setup is leading to an unusual and welcome change in weather conditions during what is typically the peak of summer.
