Mumbai sweats as mercury and humidity rise

Mumbai | Wednesday | 12th September, 2018

Summary:

The humidity levels recorded at 8.30am in Colaba and Santacruz were 87% and 81% respectively. While during the monsoon months, Mumbai recorded Air Quality Index (AQI) of less than 50 on most days, on Wednesday, AQI recorded by SAFAR was 62, which is in the good category. MUMBAI: With the city not receiving heavy rainfall since a month, temperatures and humidity levels are slowly rising, making Mumbaikars sweat.On Wednesday, Santacruz recorded maximum temperature of 34.6 C-4 above normal -and Colaba 31.6 C-1 above normal. Minimum temperatures, however, remained close to normal, around 24 C.

On Tuesday, Santacruz recorded maximum temperature of 31.6 C and Colaba 32 C and humidity levels of 65% and 74% respectively. "The forecast in Mumbai is consistent for the last six weeks..