Three days into the tenth month, Mumbai is already reeling with the infamous October heat with the temperatures going as high as 33.5 degrees Celcius. According to the latest Mumbai weather update by the India Meteorological Department, the maximum temperature on Wednesday recorded by the Santacruz observatory was 1.2 degrees higher than the normal temperature. The Colaba observatory had recorded a maximum temperature of 32.5 degrees Celcius which was also 0.7 degrees higher than the normal temperature. 

On Thursday (October 3), the city's air quality continued to be in the 'good' category. According to the Central Pollution Control Board's SAMEER app in its latest Mumbai weather update, the city's air quality continued to be 'good' with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 75 at 8.53 am.