Mumbai has been experiencing an unusual phenomenon this winter
with temperatures falling well below what is normal for the
season.
Though Wednesday, 21st December when the mercury dipped
to 11.6 degrees Celsius is being described as the coldest
December day in Mumbai during the last 56 years the operative
word is December and thus misleading. Mumbai's coldest day
ever has been on January 22, 1962, at 7.4 degrees Celsius.
This is the second consecutive year that Mumbai has seen
such a sharp drop in temperatures, and weather department
officials said this was a spill-over from the cold wave sweeping
across north India.
"These conditions will continue for some time though
the mercury may not dip to Wednesday's levels." The Meteorological
department has assured. But, seeing the way they have continuously
gone wrong, it is likely thatwe may see the previous record
of the coldest day in 1962, broken! Mumbaikar will welcome
such a change.
