Mumbai recorded third-highest rainfall in October in 10 years

New Delhi, The delay of the withdrawal of monsoon brought the third wettest October for Mumbai, in the last 10 years. The rain in the first week of the month, from Oct 1 to Oct 7, crossed the monthly average of 55.8 mm at the Santa Cruz weather station and went on to record 124.8 mm. During the same period, the weather station at Colaba also recorded 92.2 mm of rain.

During 2006, the city had received 238.6 mm of rain, which is the highest in the last 10 years while in 2009, the city recorded its second highest rainfall of 223.3 mm. Till Sunday morning at 8.30am, the Colaba and Santa Cruz observatories recorded 31.7 mm and 32 mm of rain during the last 24 hours but after that the city remained dry till the evening.

But during the evening, the city and suburban areas once again received rain, 8.8 mm at Colaba weather station and 31 mm rain at the Santa Cruz weather station, registered between 6pm to 8.30pm. Till Monday morning at 8.30am, the weather station at Santa Cruz recorded 33.4 mm while the one at Colaba recorded 15 mm of rain. During the next 24 hours, light rain is expected to continue over the city but will remain silent for the next 24 hours to again pick up after this period.