Pre Monsoon Showers Lash Pune Nda Gets Drenched With 78 5 Mm Rain

The sultry, sticky heat took a pre-monsoon break on Sunday as rain lashed Pune, from Hinjewadi to the NDA hills to Lohegaon. By 5.48 pm on June 21, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Pune’s main weather station, Shivajinagar, had recorded 18.30 mm of rain, and the grey clouds in the sky held out a promise of more.

The highest rainfall recorded on Sunday was in NDA, which was drenched with 78.5 mm. Hadapsar received 8.5 mm, Pashan 4mm and Lavale experienced some relief, with 1.5 mm of rain, and Lohegaon received only around 0.6 mm.

Chinchwad and a few other areas have to wait a while longer, as there was zero rain recorded here. According to SD Sanap, Scientist at the IMD Pune, the southwest monsoon is expected to set in over the region within the next 24–48 hours.

“The monsoonal flow has strengthened, leading to increased moisture incursion over the region. Combined with daytime heating, the enhanced moisture availability has resulted in the development of thunderstorms and pre-monsoon showers over Pune city and its surrounding areas. Light to moderate rainfall is likely during this period,” he said.

According to the IMD, the sky will remain clear for most part of the day in Pune and its suburbs and turn cloudy in the late afternoon and evening till June 27, with a possibility of thunderstorms with lightning and light rain as monsoon sets in.

Rain barely registered its presence in several other areas of Central Maharashtra, indicative of the delayed and below-normal monsoon. On June 21, no rain was recorded in Ahilyanagar, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Nasik, Sanglis and Satara. The Mumbai station, too, recorded no rain. Neither Marathwada nor Vidarbha received any significant rainfall.

The maximum temperature in the city hovered around 35 degrees Celsius, with the mercury in Shivajinagar rising to 35.6 degrees Celsius while Hadapsar and Chinchwad experienced around 34.5 degrees daytime temperature. In Pashana and NDA, the maximum temperature was 33.8 degrees, almost the same as the previous days. In the next few days, as well, the maximum temperature is likely to remain between 33 and 36 degrees across Pune. The minimum temperature will be around 24 degrees C in most parts, though Lavale might feel cooler on certain mornings when the temperature dips to 21 degrees.