Now, even Mumbai can say, 'Winter is coming': City was colder than Mahabaleshwar on Wednesday

Mumbai is a city that is not really known for its winters. In fact, it is not known for its winters at all. That’s because there is hardly any winter in the city as the temperature does not drop to a level low enough for it to be truly cold. [caption id=“attachment_2558282” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. PTI[/caption] But on Wednesday, as the temperature dropped to 11.6 degrees Celsius, even the citizens of Mumbai could say, “Winter is coming.” The temperature recorded was the second lowest in December in more than a decade, reported The Times of India. The lowest temperature in the past 10 years was 11.4 degrees Celsius on 27 December, 2011. The report added that the 11.4 degrees Celsius temperature recorded on Wednesday was lower than that recorded in Mahabaleshwar, a hill station, on the same day. Another report in DNA said that officials explained that the main reasons for the drop in temperature were the northerly winds and clear sky. “Both these factors are known to result in temperatures dropping. It will be interesting to also see if the temperature drops further. In December 1949, temperatures had hit an all-time low of 10.6 degrees Celsius,” the report quoted a senior IMD official as saying.