Early on Friday morning, Mumbai's skyline was overcast before it cleared later to make way for the sun. Meanwhile, the 'October heat' has already gripped the city with the temperatures on Thursday reaching at least one degree above the normal temperature. According to the latest Mumbai weather update by the India Meteorological Department, the maximum temperature on Thursday recorded by the Colaba observatory was 1.9 degrees higher at 33.5 degrees Celcius. The Santacruz observatory had recorded a maximum temperature of 32.9 degrees Celcius which was higher than the normal temperature by 0.5 degrees.

The IMD, in their Mumbai weather update, stated that the temperature recorded at Colaba observatory at 8.30 am was 33.8 degrees Celcius and Santacruz recorded a temperature of 32.9 degrees Celcius.