Rain slows down in Mumbai after days of heavy showers

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted ‘light to moderate’ rain in Thane, Palghar, and Mumbai for the next four days. The 48-hour forecast by the IMD for Mumbai is “generally cloudy with possibility of moderate rain”.

Moderate showers continued on Tuesday night. In the 24 hours, ending at 8.30 am on Wednesday, Santacruz observatory recorded 58.3 mm rain while Colaba recorded 58 mm in the same time period. The IMD classifies 15.6 mm to 64.4 mm as ‘moderate’ rain while 64.5 mm to 115.5 mm rain as ‘heavy’, 115.6 mm to 204.4 mm as ‘very heavy’, and over 204.5 mm as ‘extremely heavy’ rain.

Mumbai suburb has recorded 41 per cent excess rain for the season while South Mumbai has recorded large excess of 36 per cent. From July 1 to 8 (till 5.30 pm), Mumbai recorded 589.7 mm rain, of which 34 per cent or 200.8 mm was recorded on July 5, also the second highest 24-hour rain recorded in July.

Mumbai City

Rainfall recorded from June 1 to July 8 (5:30 pm): 1,004.8 mm

Normal rainfall for the period: 735.1 mm

Mumbai Suburban

Rainfall recorded from June 1 to July 8 (5:30 pm): 996.5 mm

Normal rainfall for the period: 705 mm

Average Rainfall for Mumbai for July: 840.7 mm

Rainfall recorded till July 7: 576.6 mm (68.5 per cent of average rainfall)