With this short but heavy rain spell recorded in under 12 hours, the city’s rainfall surplus jumped from 170 percent on Monday to 339 percent on Tuesday.
Pune city recorded 104.5 mm of rain in the 12 hours between 8.30 pm Monday and 8.30 am Tuesday. This was the third wettest October day since 2011, the rainfall data maintained by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
The highest 24-hour rainfall recorded in October in the past decade was in 2020 (112.1 mm) and 2011 (105.1 mm).
Severe thunder, lightning, and strong winds accompanied the intense rain spells which lashed most parts of the city during the night. Though cloudy sky conditions prevailed all through Monday, rainfall activity enhanced after 9 pm over central Pune areas. Between 9.30 pm and 11.30 pm, Shivajinagar recorded 81 mm of rain and by 11.30 pm, it increased to 104.5 mm.
“As a result, the cumulonimbus cloud cells that hovered over Pune gained strength. Areas of Maharashtra also came under the influence of upper air cyclonic circulation located off Kerala coast,” said Anupam Kashyapi, weather forecasting division head, IMD, Pune.
“There continues to remain moisture over Maharashtra. Due to solar heating during the day, the temperature will rise but post afternoon hours, there can be partly cloudy sky conditions and one or two intense rainfall is likely,” added Kashyapi.