Mumbai weather: City records lowest temperature of the season after summer-like hot, humid conditions

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Mumbai weather experienced a refreshing change on Tuesday morning as the city recorded the lowest temperature of the season so far, with the Santacruz observatory registering a minimum temperature of 16.2 degrees Celsius

Weather experts attribute this dip to the arrival of northerly winds on Sunday, bringing relief from the earlier summer-like hot and humid conditions. The Regional Meteorological Centre in Colaba also noted a significant drop in minimum temperature, from 22 degrees Celsius on Monday to 18.8 degrees Celsius.

Prior to this cooling trend, Mumbai weather witnessed a sudden rise in temperature, reaching 35.7 degrees Celsius on January 12, the warmest day in January in the past seven years. The recent temperature drop is attributed to the dry and cold nature of northerly winds, replacing the moist southeasterly winds that contributed to the previous heat.

The weather experts have attributed the sudden rise in temperature to dry cold winter and no snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir. Due to the absence of snowfall in the Himalayan range, there has been no dip in temperature in Mumbai, and there are no cold waves in Maharashtra.

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Additionally, Mumbai enjoyed improved air quality, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) reaching 69, categorized as 'satisfactory.' The change in wind direction is credited for this positive shift in AQI, with stations like Vile Parle West and Borivali East recording levels below 50, classified as 'good.'

Meanwhile, dense to very dense fog was reported over Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Eastern Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday morning, with cold wave to severe cold wave conditions prevailing over most parts of Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, the Meteorological department said.

According to the IMD, 'very dense' fog is when visibility is between 0 and 50 metres, 51 and 200 metres is 'dense', 201 and 500 metres 'moderate', and 501 and 1,000 metres 'shallow'.

Airport authorities said that around 30 flights departing from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport were delayed, while 17 flights were cancelled due to weather conditions.

At 8:30 am today, Ayanagar and Safdarjung in the national capital recorded visibility of 25 metres each while Ridge and Palam areas recorded visibility of 50 metres each.

According to the India Meteorological Department, Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh reported 0 metres visibility at 5:30 am today, while the state capital, Lucknow, reported 25 metres of visibility. Gwalior in West Madhya Pradesh recorded a visibility of 50 metres.