Prateek Tanmay
3 min readPuneUpdated: Jun 1, 2026 08:45 PM IST
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Monday declared a yellow alert for Pune and its suburbs from June 3 to 5, stating that “thunderstorm with lightning and light rain” is likely in the region.
This is aligned with IMD’s forecast of thunderstorm, lightning, squall and hailstorm in Central Maharashtra from June 1 to 5. There are similar alerts for Marathwada and Vidarbha.
“Since May 31, most places in Maharashtra have been experiencing thunderstorms. The thunderstorm and light rainfall that has been forecast for Pune is for the same reason that the rest of Maharashtra is experiencing thunderstorms and rain. There is a Western disturbance trough in the upper level Westerlies that is expected to intrude over the region. Additionally, there is moisture incursion from the Arabian Sea. These have created a condition that is favourable for the thunderstorm activities,” said SD Sanap, scientist at IMD Pune.
Meanwhile, Pune’s Shivajinagar on Monday recorded a temperature of 38.1 degrees Celsius – 2.4 degrees above normal. The area was also among the warmest, just marginally less than Pashan, which recorded the highest maximum temperature of 38.5 degrees Celsius during the day.
In Lohegaon, which recorded the highest temperatures last month, temperature has come down, with maximum temperature of 37.4 degrees recorded on Monday.
According to IMD, even if there is no rain until June 3, the sky over Pune will become a little cloudy towards the afternoon and evening.
The weather forecast does not hold out a lot of hope for a sharp drop in the maximum temperature in the city after the rains on June 3.
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Across the city, the maximum temperature is predicted to be between 35 degrees and 37 degrees at the end of the week.
The minimum temperature in Shivajinagar and Lohegaon were 24.4 degrees on Monday, which was only 0.8 degree C above normal.
Hadapsar and Koregaon Park woke up sweating more as the temperature crossed 26 degrees in both places. Meanwhile, the minimum temperature was 21.9 degrees in NDA and 22.9 degrees in Pashan.
The IMD has not issued any date for the onset of the monsoon in Maharashtra. “The monsoon is expected to arrive in Kerala in the next two to three days. Only after that can we study how it progresses further and announce a date for Maharashtra. We are watching and monitoring the conditions,” said Sanap.
