October 2026 rewrote weather record books in Pune, with the IMD's primary Shivajinagar station recording a mere 1.7 mm of rainfall—the lowest for the month since 2014. Stay off the roads from 11 am to 4 pm, Mumbai is told, as October heat persists. In Marathwada, Jayakwadi Dam is losing 1.649 billion litres to evaporation daily.