Mumbai, Oct. 20 -- South Mumbai was the hottest place in Maharashtra on Monday, with the Colaba observatory recording a maximum temperature of 37.3degC, 3.8degC above normal, as the city saw a sharp rise in daytime temperatures after a relatively cooler Sunday. Santacruz, meanwhile, recorded 37.1degC, 3.1degC above the seasonal average, according to the IMD. The jump was significant compared with Sunday, when maximum temperatures at Colaba and Santacruz stood at 33.7degC and 34.3degC, respectively. Even the early morning hours brought little relief, with minimum temperatures at both observatories remaining above normal. Colaba recorded a minimum of 27.4degC, 2.2degC above normal, while Santacruz logged 25.4degC, 1.5degC above normal....