Mumbai woke up to a nip in the air Sunday as the temperatures dipped three degrees below normal to 17.8 degrees Celsius, making it the season’s lowest temperature so far. While the minimum temperatures are likely to hover around 16 degrees Celsius over the next 48 hours, senior officials from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that temperatures are expected to return to normal in the coming week.

Data procured from the IMD showed that between 5.30 pm on Saturday and 8.30 am on Sunday, the lowest temperatures at the Santacruz observatory in the suburbs were recorded at 17.8 degrees Celsius, which is 3.8 degrees below the normal.

Meanwhile, the Colaba coastal observatory recorded minimum temperatures of 22.3 degrees Celsius during the same period. Even as the city is in the mid

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