Mumbai gets 499 mm of rains in first 4 days of September, lake levels at 98%

September seems to have started with a bang for Mumbai when it comes to rains. The city, in a span of just four days starting September 1 to September 4 (8.30pm), has already received 499mm of rains. Interestingly on Wednesday the city also crossed the 3000 mm mark of the total rains received so far for the entire season since June 1.

On Wednesday between in a span of 12-hour between 8.30 am to 8.30pm Santacruz recorded 217mm of rains while Colaba observatory recorded 71 mm of rains. Meanwhile, in a 24-hour span starting 8.30am on Tuesday to 8.30am on Wednesday, Santacruz had recorded 118mm of rains while Colaba observatory recorded 122 mm of rains.

As per IMD, the average rainfall received in Mumbai for the month of September is 327.1mm.

Last year for the entire September, Mumbai had received only 73.1mm of rains. The highest ever rain recorded for the month of September was in 1954 when Mumbai recorded 920mm of rains.

“Rainfall figures clearly indicate that not only Mumbai but also several other towns in the MMR area have had very good monsoon. Most importantly as of now all the lakes supplying water in Mumbai and MMR region have almost 98% water available and if these lakes are full to its capacity by 100% on October 1, Mumbaikars can be assured of ample water till next monsoons,” shared Rajesh Kapadia who has been in the field of weather forecasting for over three decades and is also the founder of the popular weather blog Vagaries of Weather.