Mumbai: The day after the IMD stated the official withdrawal of the Southwest Monsun, the maximum temperature touched the highest for this season, and it was the hottest October.
The highest amount of October was the highest Mumbai was 38.6 degrees in 2015.
Mumbai on Friday recorded a maximum temperature of 36.4 degrees, beating the highest monthly record in the same month last year.
In October last year, the highest maximum recorded for that month had touched 35 degrees on October 10, 28 and 29.
Last year, the maximum temperature began to soar even before the withdrawal of Southwest Monsoon was officially stated.
In 2020, IMD expressed the withdrawal of Southwest Monsun over Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra on October 28.
He saw the withdrawal of the most delayed monsoon over Mumbai since the IMD began to maintain records in 1975.
The withdrawal was slightly delayed.
Maximum recommendation Friday rose from 34.8 degrees the day before.
IMD Santacruz records a maximum temperature of 2.8 degrees above normal, while colaba records 34.4 degrees, which is 1.3 degrees above normal.
An official with the regional forecasting center IMD here said that the maximum temperature surge is expected because the sky is clear.