Mumbai weather: October heat continues to intensify; city may touch 36 degree Celsius

Mumbai on Thursday October 8 is likely to see mainly clear skies across the city and suburbs with the maximum temperature expected to be around 36 degrees Celsius and the minimum around 25 degrees Celsius according to the India Meteorological Departments IMD latest Mumbai weather updateThe island city recorded a maximum temperature of 354 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 247 degrees Celsius in the past 24 hoursSouthwest Monsoon withdrawal progressesThe withdrawal of the Southwest Monsoon continued this week with the line of withdrawal extending through several parts of the country including Supaul Ranchi Raipur Brahmapuri Parbhani Baramati and Harnai as per IMDAccording to the weather forecasting agency the Southwest Monsoon also remained weak over KonkanGoa Madhya Maharashtra Marathwada and the Gujarat region during the dayMumbai AQI in lsquoModeratersquo categoryMumbais overall air quality index AQI on Thursday climbs at 120 on Wednesday falling in the moderate category according to data from the Central Pollution Control Boards CPCB SAMEER app Air in this category may cause minor breathing discomfort to sensitive peopleAmong the monitoring stations Deonar recorded the highest AQI at 157 followed by Colaba at 146 and Chembur at 127AQI across MumbaiBKC 140Borivali East 94Byculla 114Andheri East 119Chembur 127Mazgaon 157Colaba 146Sion 81Meanwhile across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region MMR Thanes AQI stood at 107 while Navi Mumbai recorded 107 and Kalyan 129Amravati sizzles at 39 degrees Celsius hottest in stateAmravati recorded Maharashtrarsquos highest maximum temperature at 39 degrees Celsius on Wednesday making it the hottest place in the state according to the India Meteorological Departments latest Maharashtra weather update The temperature was 64 degrees Celsius above normal for the cityYavatmal Akola among hottest placesYavatmal recorded the secondhighest maximum temperature at 382 degrees Celsius followed by Akola at 379 degrees Celsius Jalgaon and Solapur recorded 376 degrees Celsius each while Wardha touched 376 degrees Celsius and Chandrapur recorded 372 degrees CelsiusVidarbha sees temperatures above 36 degrees CelsiusSeveral parts of Vidarbha also experienced hot conditions Buldhana recorded 365 degrees Celsius while Nagpur recorded 364 degrees Celsius Washim and Bramhapuri recorded 36 degrees Celsius and 356 degrees Celsius respectively while Gondia recorded 34 degrees Celsius