Friday, March 05, 2021

Four days into March, Mumbai Scruz sizzles at 38c

Extreme Rainfall in South Indian Jan 2021 and late withdrawal of NEM..An IMD Report...On Climatology Data Page.


 Posted 5th March .

Mumbai witnessed its hottest day of the season so far on Thursday 4th March 2021, , recording a maximum temperature of 38.1c  in Santacruz, up from 37.3c a day earlier. Average Humidity is 53%.

 40c on 4th March 1981..at Colaba Mumbai was the first 40c in India that year., and todate March Record for Colaba.

From Vagaries' Records, 1981 cutting.


It is not an unusual event as...

In Scruz, It was 41.3 on  17th , march in 2011, 41.0c in 2015 on 26th March...and It was 41.0c on 26th March in 2018.. 

Hottest temperature at Scuz for March ever was 41.7c on 28th March 1956.

Mumbai Temperatures in the Daytime are expected to fall to 33/34c ( 4c drop) levels , and nights steady around 21c from Saturday 6th thru Wednesday 10th...But Humidity can increase

3 comments:

sanjeev Gokhale said...

Thank You sir for your update.
What caused such hot climate in Mumbai?

sanjeev Gokhale said...

Rajesh sir,It is still very hot in the afternoon in Mumbai eastern suburb. Nights are little better. Is it normal or this year is different?

sset said...

Nice historical compilation. If see the facts
south east India is the most vulnerable spot for extreme droughts - always probability of north east monsoon failures.

Years like 2005, 2015 are extreme rare events

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