Rain takes a break in Pune, expect cloudy and sunny sky over the next few days

3 min readPuneJul 9, 2026 10:23 PM IST

As the rain took a break, the maximum temperature in Pune rose on Thursday

After record-breaking rainfall lashed Pune from the beginning of the week, the city, finally, saw the sun and patches of blue sky on Thursday. Most of Pune and its suburbs, from Shivajinagar to Lohegaon to Chinchwad, recorded no rainfall. Among those that did were Lavale, which received 103.5 mm of rain over 24 hours on Thursday morning and a further 12.5 mm as the day progressed.

Shivajingar had recorded 15.1 mm between Wednesday and Thursday mornings, but only 0.1 mm during the day. Pashan and Koregaon Park, too, had received rain between 8.30 am on Wednesday and Thursday but nothing for the rest of Thursday.

“It is the end of this phase of rain. The main low-pressure system, the Well-Marked Low pressure area, which had caused the huge rain, is moving away from the state. The Offshore Trough, which had developed over the Arabian Sea, off the Konkan coast, is slowly weakening. The Shear Zone, which is another cause of the persistent rain, has disappeared,” says Anupam Kashyapi, weather veteran and former Head of Weather Forecasting at IMD Pune.

He added that, over the next few days, Pune is likely to experience intermittently partly cloudy and sunny sky. “Clouding is likely to develop in the afternoon or evening and likely result in short periods of moderate spells of rain with thunder and lightning. This is because there is moisture in the atmosphere that can cause local convection , which brings rain, thunder and lightning,” says Kashyapi.

He added that the Ghat areas of Pune and Satara might continue to receive heavy to very heavy rain in isolated places on Friday, but are likely to return to normal over the weekend when it will receive only moderate rain.

Bhor and Girivan were among the few places that received rainfall on Thursday, 5 mm and 2 mm, respectively. Bhor had recorded 33 mm of 24-hour rainfall on Thursday, Girivan 40.5 mm, Malin 20 mm, Nimgiri 12.5 mm, Dapodi 7 mm and Rajgurunagar 5 mm. IMD has forecast light rain in Pune district over the next few days, but nothing to warrant an alert.

Pune has witnessed some of the wettest days ever in the month of July. Shivajinagar received some of the highest rainfalls in history. On July 6, the main weather station of Pune recorded 108.4 mm, which is the fourth highest since 1896. The next day, Shivajingar received 97.5 mm, which is the fifth highest, and on July 8, it reached the top 10 with a reading of 84.8 mm. According to IMD, Shivajinagar has received 473 mm since June 1, which is 260.9 mm above normal.

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As the rain took a break, the maximum temperature in Pune rose on Thursday. Shivajingar recorded a daytime temperature of 29.4 degree Celsius, higher than the 24.7 degree Celsius from the day before. In Pashan, the maximum temperature rose from 24.2 degree Celsius on Wednesday, to 29.6 degree Celsius on Thursday. The warmer day extended from Hadapsar, which recorded 29.5 degree Celsius on Thursday to Chinchwad, where the maximum temperature was 29.1 degree Celsius. The minimum temperature in the city stayed below 25 degree Celsius.

IMD has said that the maximum temperature is likely to rise by a few degrees over the next few days, touching 32 degree Celsius in Magarpatta, Koregaon Park, Shivajinagar and Chinchwad, among others. The minimum temperature is expected to be between 21 degree Celsius and 25 degree Celsius.

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Dipanita Nath is a Senior Assistant Editor at The Indian Express, based in Pune. She is a versatile journalist with a deep interest in the intersection of culture, sustainability, and urban life.

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