The city recorded a minimum temperature of 14.9 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, dropping below the 15 degrees Celsius mark for the first time. Pune had been recording minimum temperatures in the range of 20 to 22 degrees Celsius for over a month.
Shivajinagar recorded a minimum temperature of 14.9 degrees Celsius, among the lowest across the district, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data. Other weather stations in the district also reported a significant dip in night-time temperatures, with Shirur recording 14.3 degrees Celsius and Haveli registering 14.2 degrees Celsius. The drop in minimum temperature was accompanied by a decline in daytime temperatures in the city, with the maximum temperature settling at 32.9 degrees Celsius on Tuesday. The daytime temperature had remained around 35 degrees Celsius for much of the past month.
With cloudiness expected to increase, Pune may experience relatively warmer nights over the next few days. Daytime temperatures, meanwhile, could ease further by one to two degrees Celsius, depending on the extent of cloud cover and the prevailing weather conditions.
