Cloudy sky, rains keep mercury level low across West Bengal

Cloudy sky accompanied by a few spells of rain today helped keep day temperatures low in West Bengal, the Met department said here today.
Burdwan recorded the highest rainfall of 27.8 mm in the state since yesterday morning, the Met department said.
The sub-Himalayan districts of Darjeeling, Coochbehar and Jalpaiguri, which have been receiving heavy precipitation for several days leading to flood situation in many places in the Terai and plains of North Bengal, went dry for the second consecutive day today.
This led to improvement in flood situation in the region.
In Gangetic West Bengal, most places remained cloudy and received a few spells of rain, keeping the day temperatures down.

Kolkata recorded the maximum day temperature of 31.7 degrees Celsius, as it received 13.3 mm rainfall since yesterday morning.
The Met department has forecast generally cloudy sky with a few spells of rain or thunderstorms in both Gangetic West Bengal and sub-Himalayan West Bengal.