Mumbai, Mar 14 (TOI): The city has witnessed a sudden seven-degree dip in minimum temperatures in two days. Weathermen attributed the drop in temperatures to the changes in wind pattern.

On Monday, the IMD Santacruz observatory recorded a minimum temperature of 15.2 degrees Celsius—5.9 degrees below normal—and the IMD Colaba observatory recorded 21 degrees Celsius—1.5 degrees below normal. On Saturday, Santacruz had recorded a minimum temperature of 22.8 degrees Celsius and Colaba 24.5 degrees Celsius.

"Owing to the winds being northerly in the interior parts of Gujarat, minimum temperatures in Maharashtra are 2-7 degrees below normal. However, maximum temperatures are expected to show 2-3 degrees rise in the coming days," said an official from the weather department. In fact, interior parts of the state are expected to experience showers on March 15-16.

Maximum temperatures have been hovering around 31-32 degrees Celsius in the last few days. On Monday, the maximum temperature recorded at Santac-ruz was 32.4 degrees Celsius and in Colaba 31.6 degrees Celsius.