There will be no respite for Mumbaikars from the hot and humid temperature despite early morning showers on Wednesday, say MeT department officials
Though light pre-monsoon showers are expected to hit the city in the next 24 hours, the temperature will remain the same or dip by just one degree, predicted the officials.u00a0
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People enjoy the light showers that hit Mumbai on Wednesday. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar
On Tuesday, maximum temperature recorded at Santacruz area was 34.6 degree Celsius whereas Colaba recorded 35.5 degree Celsius. Minimum temperature recorded at Santacruz was 27.9 degree Celsius and at Colaba the minimum was 29.0 degree Celsius. u00a0
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"Monsoon has reached Bangalore and western Arabian sea. We will have light showers within Mumbai in the next 24 hours. But we will not see any strong dip in temperature, though it might remain cloudy," said V K Rajeev, IMD Mumbai director.
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The monsoon hit the Kerala coast on Tuesday, four- five days later than its forecast.
