Mumbai temp touches 40??C in BMC weather stations……….Sukhada Tatke
MUMBAI: The heat is on, and how! According to figures available with the BMC, temperature in parts of Mumbai has hit 40 degrees Celcius.
The BMC runs Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) at 35 locations across the city, some of which have been consistently recording temperatures close to 40 degrees this summer. Weather data is usually supplied by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), which maintains weather stations only at Colaba and Santa Cruz—two of the coolest areas in the city.
While temperatures at several AWS fluctuated between 35 and 38 degrees Celsius in March and April, Chincholi Bunder in Malad recorded a maximum temperature of 40.1 degree C on April 11. The AWS at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Andheri, Borivli and Dadar almost touched 40 on certain days. The lowest temperatures, meanwhile, were consistently between 20 and 25 degrees Celsius.
Blame it on infrastructure projects, rapid concretisation or lack of greenery, but different pockets in the city recorded varying temperatures on various days.