If meteorologists are to be believed, the daytime temperature is expected to drop by two to four degrees Celsius over the next two days. On Wednesday, the Santacruz observatory of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded the third-highest maximum temperature in April in 10 years—38.8 degrees Celsius.
 
According to forecasters, however, Mumbai residents are likely to receive a significant reprieve from the summer heat. While Wednesday’s daytime temperature was five degrees above normal, IMD’s Santacruz and Colaba observatories recorded temperatures of 37.3 and 33 degrees Celsius respectively on Thursday.

Mahesh Palawat, vice-president of meteorology and climate change at Skymet Weather, a private forecasting agency, tweeted on Thursday, “Relief is in sight. The temperature is likely to fall by two to degrees during the next two days.” According to data shared by the IMD, the highest maximum temperature in April in the past ten years—39 degrees Celsius—was recorded in 2014, followed by 38.9 degrees Celsius in April 2022.