People were seen protecting themselves from heat on Tuesday afternoon. Pics/Atul Kamble and Sameer Abedi
Last week, a heatwave warning was been issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for Mumbai and some of its neighboring areas including Thane and Palghar
The temperature in several areas of Maharashtra had crossed 40 degrees Celsius on Sunday, with Solapur the hottest at 43.7 degrees Celsius, a rise of 2.3 degrees from the normal
Meanwhile, this was the second heatwave in two weeks, and the IMD had on Saturday issued a heatwave warning for the city for Sunday and Monday
A "yellow alert" was issued for Mumbai and Palghar for Sunday and Monday, and Thane was under a three-day heatwave warning that began on Saturday
Earlier, the high temperatures were recorded mainly in western and central areas of the state, as per Indian Meteorology Department (IMD) data
The increase in the minimum temperature is serious as it means the nights are also warmer in these districts
Some of the districts that had last week (Sunday) recorded a rise in the minimum temperature include Kolhapur at 26.2 Degrees Celsius (an increase of 3.5 degrees), Nanded at 28.2 degrees Celsius (a rise of 3.2 degrees), Nashik at 24.9 degrees Celsius (an increase of 3.5 degrees) and Sangli at 26.5 degrees celsius (an increase of 3.9 degrees)
A temperature of 34.4 degrees Celsius, one degree above the normal, was recorded by Colaba observatory (representative of south Mumbai) on Sunday
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