Pune Rains to Reduce From Tomorrow as IMD Withdraws Alerts for City; Ghats Remain Under Red Alert
Pune, July 07, 2026: After several days of intense monsoon activity that brought widespread flooding and rapidly filled reservoirs, Pune is likely to get some relief from heavy rainfall beginning Wednesday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has withdrawn all weather alerts for Pune city and surrounding plains from July 8 onwards, forecasting only light to moderate rainfall over the next few days.
However, the situation remains different in the Western Ghats. The Pune ghat regions will continue to remain under a Red Alert on Wednesday for very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall. The alert is expected to be downgraded to Yellow Alert the following day before conditions gradually improve, with no alerts currently in place thereafter.
The last 48 hours have been among the wettest of this monsoon, with several parts of Pune district recording exceptionally high rainfall.
Lonavala has once again emerged as the epicentre of the downpour, receiving an astonishing 620 mm of rain in the last 24 hours, taking its 48-hour total to nearly 1,290 mm.
The latest spell comes immediately after an extraordinary weather event on July 5. According to IMD records shared by noted weather scientist Dr. Vineet Kumar, Lonavala recorded 670 mm of rainfall in a single day, a rainfall event statistically expected to occur only once in a thousand years. Based on historical rainfall analysis, the town would receive 654 mm or more in a day only once every thousand years, highlighting the rarity of the event.
Pune city also witnessed one of its heaviest spells of the season. IMD data showed that Shivajinagar recorded 83 mm of rain till 5:30 am, with the 24-hour total reaching 97.5 mm. The city’s cumulative seasonal rainfall at Shivajinagar has now reached around 358 mm, which is already about half of Pune’s average monsoon rainfall for the entire season.
Heavy rain was also recorded across other parts of the district. Pawana received an impressive 460 mm of rainfall till 6 am, while several locations crossed the 100 mm mark during the last 24 hours.
The highest rainfall recorded across Pune district during the past 24 hours includes:
- Bhor: 138.0 mm
- Nimgiri: 126.0 mm
- Dapodi: 125.5 mm
- Dudulgaon: 119.0 mm
- Pashan: 115.6 mm
- Shivajinagar: 97.5 mm
- NDA: 95.5 mm
- Malin: 84.5 mm
- Shirur: 81.0 mm
- Rajgurunagar: 70.5 mm
- Haveli: 44.0 mm
- Daund: 35.5 mm
- Baramati: 20.4 mm
- Indapur: 19.5 mm
While rainfall over Pune city is expected to become less intense from Wednesday, authorities have advised residents travelling towards Lonavala, Tamhini, Mulshi and other ghat sections to remain cautious as extremely heavy rainfall could continue in these areas for another day, increasing the risk of landslides, overflowing streams and poor visibility on hill roads.
With rain expected to reduce across the city, attention will now shift to reservoir levels, which have seen a significant boost over the past few days following one of the strongest spells of the 2026 monsoon so far.
