Overview
- Mumbai’s suburban Santacruz station logged 15.9°C on Monday, the lowest minimum this month, while Colaba recorded 19°C.
- Daytime temperatures fell on Sunday, with the suburbs reaching 27.5°C, about 3.4°C below normal, and Colaba at 28°C.
- The city’s overall Air Quality Index stood at 82, with 19 of 23 monitoring stations in the satisfactory range.
- Powai reported the best AQI at 47, while Bandra East and Borivali East registered higher readings at 109 and 104 respectively.
- IMD attributes the cool spell to northerly winds and forecasts minimums near 17–18°C, a slight rise around January 21–22, and another dip from January 24 with partly cloudy, hazy conditions.