India, Dec. 1 -- On Sunday morning, the city recorded its coldest November morning in over a decade, as mercury levels plunged to 15.7degC at the Santacruz weather station.

The city's coolest known November day was in 1950, when the temperatures fell to 13.3degC. According to the India Meteorological Department's database, in the past decade, November temperatures have skirted 16degC, but never gone below it. On Saturday, the minimum temperature at the Santacruz observatory was 21.8degC, but by Sunday morning, the temperature took a sharp fall of six degrees.

Mahesh Palawat of Skymet Weather Services said that the north-easterly winds have contributed significantly to the drop in temperature. "The cold and dry winds are coming in from t...