Overview
- Minimum temperatures have run 2–6°C below normal across wide areas, with cold to severe cold-wave conditions in parts of Madhya Maharashtra and western Madhya Pradesh, according to IMD.
- Mumbai’s Santacruz observatory dipped to 16.2°C on Nov 19, roughly 5°C below normal and the city’s coldest November morning in about a decade, while coastal Colaba held at 21.6°C.
- Pune registered the season’s first single-digit minimum at 9.4°C in Shivajinagar, and several district stations reported 7–9°C, including a 7.0°C reading at Jeur noted by IMD Mumbai.
- Yellow alerts for coldwave-like conditions were issued earlier for several Maharashtra districts, though IMD said no coldwave warning was in place for Mumbai; MP authorities reported a continuing severe cold wave in multiple districts.
- Air quality worsened alongside the chill, with Pune’s AQI at 159 overall and hotspots at 229 and 246 per IITM, while Mumbai stayed mostly in the moderate range as IMD forecasts minimums to rise 2–4°C over the next few days.