Mumbai recorded the season's lowest temperature on Sunday, November 16, as the temperatures dipped to 17.8 degrees Celsius.

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.

The drop in temperatures has brought some respite from the heat. Though it has spurred a spike in the air quality index (AQI). Mumbai, on the same day, recorded an overall air quality index (AQI) of 159, with the worst air quality in BKC, where the AQI breached the red ‘very poor’ category at 323.

A day later, on M

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