On Wednesday, Mumbai's minimum temperature plunged below that recorded at the hill station Mahableshwar the same day. While the minimum was 14 degrees Celsius at Mahableshwar, it was 11.6°C at the Santacruz weather station, which was also the second lowest minimum recorded in December in over a decade.
The Santacruz minimum was 6.3°C below normal. The minimum recorded at the Colaba weather station, 17.8°C, was 2.4°C below normal. The lowest minimum temperature recorded over the last decade was in 2011, when it was 11.4°C on December 27. The all-time lowest temperature in December was 10.6°C, recorded on December 20, 1949.
At 11.6°, Mumbai colder than a hill station - Times of India
The Santacruz minimum was 6.3°C below normal. The minimum recorded at the Colaba weather station, 17.8°C, was 2.4°C below normal. The lowest minimum temperature recorded over the last decade was in 2011, when it was 11.4°C on December 27. The all-time lowest temperature in December was 10.6°C, recorded on December 20, 1949.
At 11.6°, Mumbai colder than a hill station - Times of India