Though winter has started, Santacruz was the warmest region in the subcontinent in the 24-hour period that ended on the morning of December 1, according to meteorological information site ogimet.com. Of Asian regions, Mumbai (Santacruz) ranked 19th, according to the site, while Chauk in Myanmar topped the list with 38.4 degrees Celsius.

The maximum temperature recorded by the Indian Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Santacruz observatory on Wednesday was a scorching 35.2 degrees Celsius. Ratnagiri was second place in the sub-continent on the list, with a maximum temperature of 34.7 degrees Celsius during the same period.