Pune experienced a noticeable warm-up on Monday, with fewer people seen bundled in warm clothes as temperatures climbed close to 30°C. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported that the Shivajinagar weather station recorded a maximum temperature of around 30°C, while many other parts of the city registered temperatures above 29°C.The year 2026 kicked off with daytime temperatures near 29°C. Although temperatures dipped slightly around January 5 and hovered near 27°C for a few days, they have since started to rise again.
Nighttime temperatures have also risen, consistently staying above 10°C after several cooler days. On January 12, Shivajinagar recorded a minimum temperature of 10.9°C, closely matched by Pashan at 10.4°C. The NDA area was the only part of the city with a marginally lower minimum at 9.5°C. Meanwhile, areas like Lohegaon, Lavale, and Magarpatta experienced much warmer mornings with lows ranging between 14°C and 17°C.Anupam Kashyapi, former head of IMD’s weather forecasting department, explained, “This warm pattern is expected to continue for the next 48 hours.
The anticyclone wind circulation, which had caused night temperatures to drop around January 8 and 9, has shifted eastward. Northerly winds are keeping the eastern states like Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Odisha cold, while carrying moisture from the Bay of Bengal to central and south Maharashtra, including Pune. This results in medium to high clouds that don’t bring rain but trap heat during the night, raising minimum temperatures.”
The IMD forecasts little change in morning temperatures on January 13 and 14, with lows around 11°C, gradually rising to about 13°C by January 18.Notably, on January 15, when Pune votes for a new municipal corporation after nine years, the morning temperature is expected to be around 12°C, with daytime highs reaching 30°C.
