Purulia district in south West Bengal recorded a considerably decrease temperature than a number of hill stations within the north on Tuesday because the mercury dipped to 12.1 levels Celsius. Then again, Kalimpong, a hill station within the northern a part of the state, recorded a minimal of 14.3 levels Celsius.
The climate consultants attributed it to an “surprising chilly wave” sweeping throughout the southern a part of the state.
Whereas a number of districts in northern a part of the state, like Jalpaiguri recorded a minimal of 16.9°C, adopted by Alipurduar 17.0°C, Cooch Behar 15.7°C, Raiganj 17.5°C, and Malda 20.2°C, the minimal temperature dropped to 13 levels Celsius in Sriniketan and 14 levels Celsius in Jhargram.
Kolkata recorded a minimal temperature of 18 levels Celsius, practically two notches under regular, whereas the utmost temperature on Monday stood at 27.5 levels Celsius, 2.7 notches above common, it mentioned.
Day and night time temperatures within the state are more likely to stay kind of the identical over the subsequent few days owing to the prevailing dry climate, it added.
The Met Division (IMD), in the meantime, has predicted a gradual lower in temperature throughout the Gangetic West Bengal within the coming days. The western districts are significantly weak to this chilly wave.
“Dense fog has enveloped a number of south and north Bengal districts, considerably decreasing visibility. The northern districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Malda North, and Dinajpur South are experiencing probably the most extreme fog situations, with visibility dropping to as little as 50-200 metres, the Met Division warned .
In the meantime, a cyclone can also be at the moment over south Bangladesh, which can not directly affect the climate patterns in West Bengal, officers mentioned. Nevertheless, there isn’t a rapid risk of rain or thunderstorms within the state, in keeping with the IMD.
