Overview

• Mumbai’s September rainfall reached 606.1 mm, well above the roughly 380 mm average for the month over the past two decades.
• The weather bureau downgraded Monday’s orange alert to yellow and said district alerts will be lifted from Tuesday, with only light to moderate showers expected through at least Thursday.
• In the 24 hours to 8:30 am Monday, Colaba recorded 101.2 mm and Santacruz 77.5 mm, a day after Colaba topped 120 mm in its second-highest single-day total since 2021.
• BMC stations showed the western suburbs took the heaviest spell with an average of 99.44 mm, followed by 80 mm in the eastern suburbs and 74 mm in the island city.
• Since June, Santacruz has received 3,100.4 mm of rain—about 787 mm above normal—while Colaba has logged 2,245 mm, roughly 155 mm above normal.