Minimum temperature dips to season's lowest in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Mumbai woke up to the coldest morning of the winter season so far, with the Santacruz observatory recording 14.8°C early on Friday.

Mumbai's other official observatory at Colaba saw the mercury a notch higher at 15.4°C, while Thane's official reading was 18.2°C.

"For the first time this season, the Santacruz observatory recording below 15°C. No large change expected in the next 24 hours, thereafter there will be a gradual rise," said a senior scientist from the Regional Meteorological Centre in Mumbai.


Meanwhile, the rest of Maharashtra continued to battle relatively colder temperatures. Pune saw a minimum temperature of 12.7°C, while Satara and Nashik came in at 14.7°C and 10.8°C respectively.