Overview
- Mumbai recorded the season’s first sub‑20°C reading with 19.6°C at Santacruz on Sunday, followed by an 18°C minimum reported on Monday morning.
- IMD forecasts clear, dry conditions with northwesterly to northerly winds, minimum temperatures around 18–19°C and daytime highs near 34–35°C.
- The city’s overall air quality index was reported around 103–109 in the moderate category, according to CPCB readings on Sunday and Monday morning.
- Local hotspots registered poor air quality, with CPCB data citing Sewri up to about 250 and other sites like Deonar 175, Bandra Kurla Complex 160 and Ghatkopar 153.
- Officials and reports point to reduced dispersion combined with post‑monsoon construction dust and Diwali fireworks, as BMC presses sites to install real‑time sensors with compliance still under 50%.