The month of November this year has recorded 30.1 mm of rains which is the second highest in a decade.
The highest rains for the month were recorded in November 2019 of 109.3 mm while all the other years have seen less than 5 mm of rains. Of the 30.1 mm of rains recorded by the IMD Santacruz observatory, the maximum rainfall of 24.7 mm was recorded between November 21-22.
This falls in the moderate rainfall category as per IMD classification. (Moderate rain: 15.6mm up to 64.4mm) Officials said that the unseasonal rains are expected to continue and a yellow alert for Mumbai, Thane and Palghar being issued for Wednesday.
Moderate rains are expected to continue till the weekend.
Low-pressure area in Arabian sea brings unseasonal rains in Maharashtra
Mumbai, its satellite cities, and north Maharashtra received rains on Wednesday, owing to a low-pressure area in the Arabian Sea, the Met department said. Rain in November-December is not a usual feature in Maharashtra. However, a cyclonic circulation lies over the southeast and the east central Arabian Sea. Due to this, scattered to widespread rain with heavy to very heavy precipitation is likely over Gujarat, north central Maharashtra and north Konkan on Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.