Mumbai swelters above 36 degrees Celsius as AQI of 147 falls in 'moderate' category

Hot and humid weather continued in Mumbai on Thursday, November 12. Daytime temperatures stayed above 35 degrees Celsius in many parts of the city. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast mist in the morning, after which skies over Mumbai and the suburbs will be mostly clear.

According to IMD data for November 12, the maximum temperature at Santacruz was 36.1 degrees Celsius. At Colaba it was 35.4 degrees Celsius. The figures show that warm weather persists in the city.

The minimum temperature at Colaba was 25 degrees Celsius, while the mercury at the Santacruz observatory read 19.6 degrees Celsius. No rain was recorded at either observatory.

On air quality, data on the SAMEER app of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) showed Mumbai's overall AQI at 147 on Thursday, which falls in the "moderate" category. Under the national AQI classification, an AQI between 51 and 100 is considered "satisfactory", 101 to 200 is "moderate" and 201 to 300 is "poor".

Air quality was not uniform across the city's monitoring stations. At some places the AQI reached the "poor" category. Among the locations listed, the highest AQI was 218 at Deonar, followed by 206 at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC). Andheri recorded an AQI of 203 and Colaba 201. All four locations were in the "poor" category.

Worli recorded an AQI of 165 and Borivali 161. Both stayed in the "moderate" category.

Air was also in the "moderate" category at the listed monitoring stations across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). Navi Mumbai recorded an AQI of 142 and Thane 140. Kalyan recorded 103, comparatively the lowest of these. Under the national AQI classification, all three figures fall in the "moderate" category.