Mumbai weather update: Partly cloudy sky with light rainfall in city and suburbs today

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted generally cloudy sky with light rain or drizzle for Mumbai on Monday.

The maximum temperature is likely to settle at 34 degrees Celsius and minimum temperature will be recorded at 29 degrees Celsius.

Mumbai weather update: Weather department has forecast partly cloudy sky

The weather department has forecast partly cloudy sky with possibility of light rain in Mumbai and its suburbs on Monday (May 27).

From May 28-29, Mumbai is anticipated to experience generally cloudy sky with light rainfall.

Mumbai weather update: Annual rainfall phenomenon is expected to reach Kerala by May 31

Earlier, on May 19, the IMD had said that southwest monsoon, the lifeline of India's farm-based economy, made its onset over the Nicobar Islands, the southernmost region of the country, reported PTI.

"Southwest monsoon has advanced into some parts of the Maldives, and the Comorin area and some parts of the South Bay of Bengal, Nicobar Islands and South Andaman Sea on Sunday," the weather office said, reported PTI.

The annual rainfall phenomenon is expected to reach Kerala by May 31.

The date of monsoon onset over Kerala has varied widely over the last 150 years, the earliest being May 11 in 1918, and the most delayed being June 18 in 1972, according to IMD data, reported PTI.

The rain-bearing system arrived in the southern state on June 8 last year, May 29 in 2022, June 3 in 2021 and June 1 in 2020.

Mumbai weather update: Large parts of the country are battling a brutal heatwave

Last month, the IMD had forecast above-normal rain in the monsoon season in India with favourable La Nina conditions, cooling of equatorial Pacific Ocean, expected to set in by August-September. La Nina conditions help in a good monsoon season over India, reported PTI.

Large parts of the country are battling a brutal heatwave with maximum temperatures touching 48 degrees Celsius, shattering records in several states and severely impacting health and livelihoods. Southern India experienced heatwave spells in April, reported PTI.

The crippling heat is straining power grids and drying up water bodies triggering drought-like conditions in parts of the country. A prediction of above-normal monsoonal rainfall, therefore, comes as a huge relief to the fast-developing South Asian nation, reported PTI.

The monsoon is critical for India's agricultural landscape, with 52 per cent of the net cultivated area relying on it. It is also crucial for replenishing reservoirs critical for drinking water, apart from power generation across the country, reported PTI.

June and July are considered the most important monsoon months for agriculture because most of the sowing for the kharif crop takes place during this period.

(With inputs from PTI)