Early-morning downpour soaks Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad as IMD flags more rain

Pune woke up on Monday to a soaking start. Continuous rain has drenched the city and neighbouring Pimpri-Chinchwad since Sunday night, and the downpour sharpened in the pre-dawn hours. Pune weather today, 5 October 2026, opens under grey skies, with the India Meteorological Department forecasting further rainfall across parts of the region.

The city and its surroundings had already caught light showers in the early hours of Sunday, so Pune weather today is built on a two-day wet foundation. What changed overnight was the coverage. From Sunday night the rain became steady and continuous, and by Monday morning the intensity had gone up. A low-pressure system over the region is the engine behind the spell, the IMD said.

Red and yellow alerts across Maharashtra

Several districts in western Maharashtra are under a yellow alert from the IMD, flagging the possibility of more rain. The Economic Times reported a red alert across the region, singling out the most affected areas and nearby districts. Mirror Now reported the yellow alert specifically in connection with the low-pressure system. The state bulletin for 05 October 2026 tracks conditions across Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, Ratnagiri and Satara. Both alerts rest on the IMD’s expectation of further rainfall in parts of the region, which is the same forecast the department has carried since Sunday. Since the system that triggered the alerts remains active, the working expectation in the alerted districts is further showers through Monday rather than a let-up.

A two-day spell peaking before dawn

The wet spell falls into three stages. Light showers in the early hours of Sunday, which the Times of India reported alongside the IMD’s forecast of further rain. Steady, continuous rain from Sunday night onward, which Sakal described in its Marathi bulletin on the Pune rain situation. Then a distinctly heavier downpour before dawn on Monday, hitting the Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad corridor at once. Sakal said the rainfall had continued without a break from Sunday night into Monday, picking up sharply around dawn. The two cities Sakal tracks, Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, were caught in the same continuous spell through the night, with no dry gap reported between them.

Pune weather today is less a fresh event than the continuation of that pattern. The IMD’s same-day forecast of further rainfall is an extension of the system that produced Sunday’s showers and Monday’s early-morning rain, not a new disturbance.

October heat that rain has not washed away

The wet spell sits on top of an unusually hot October. An Indian Express analysis of the period found that at Shivajinagar the average daily maximum temperature rose from 31.55 degrees Celsius to 34.91 degrees Celsius across the matched dates. The analysis matched dates across the two periods for a like-for-like comparison, so the figure is an average-daily-maximum reading rather than a single-day spike.

Reported wind speeds were also lower during the same stretch. The stillness shows up in the pollution numbers: the analysis recorded a surge in both PM2.5 and PM10 levels as temperatures climbed. The city is carrying two weather problems at once — a rainy spell strong enough to draw red and yellow alerts, and an October heat-and-smog mix that the rain has not washed away.

A 31% monsoon surplus that could still vanish

Pune’s monsoon surplus stands at 31%. The Indian Express examined why that surplus could still vanish amid a grim September forecast, even as the region now receives October rain. Whether the current spell is enough to hold the margin is the question the next bulletins will answer.

The IMD’s further-rain forecast keeps the alerts in force at least through the start of the week. The next Maharashtra weather update, following the 05 October 2026 bulletin, will show whether the surplus holds as those alerts run their course.