Mumbai's Santacruz observatory, representative of the western suburbs, recorded over 200 mm rainfall in the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 am on Wednesday, a day after heavy downpur battered the city, as per the IMD data.

Among neighbouring districts which also witnessed heavy rains on Tuesday, the popular Matheran hill station in Raigad recorded the highest rainfall at 382.5 mm, it said.

"The Colaba observatory in south Mumbai received 107.4 mm rain, whereas the Santacruz observatory in the western suburbs reported 209 mm during the 24-hour period," an official from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.