This is the highest rainfall recorded in an IMD observatory during a 24-hour period this year and the highest single-day rainfall recorded in June during the last two years. Earlier, 148 mm of rainfall was recorded on June 29 in 2023. Prior to this, in 2018, the Colaba observatory had recorded 164 mm in a single day on June 10.
Meanwhile, the Santacruz observatory recorded 60.5 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) automatic weather system showed that Mumbai’s island city recorded 86 mm of rainfall, followed by 65 mm in eastern suburbs and 53 mm at western suburbs.
Furthermore, the BMC data also show Mumbai’s water stock in the lake levels has risen by 3 per cent in the last 24 hours. According to BMC’s data, the average water stock is at 25.17 per cent or 3.6 lakh million litres against the total capacity of 14.47 lakh million litres.
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