Winter bites hard! Kolkata records 10.2°C, residents rush for heavy woollens
Kolkata shivered as mercury dipped to 10.2°C on Tuesday, marking one of the coldest January days recorded in the past several years.
People scrambled to pull out their sweaters, jackets and other winterwears to deal with the unusual winter chill.
“As per the weather office, despite such chill, the temperature is yet to break previous records. The lowest minimum temperature in Kolkata in January is 6.7°C, recorded on January 20, 1899. Since 2000, the lowest minimum temperature in January has been 9.0°C on January 9, 2013. Today’s minimum of 10.2°C is not in the list of the city’s top 10 lowest January temperatures,” a weather official told The Indian Express.
The maximum temperature of the city touched 18.4 degrees, 6.7 degrees below the normal.
According to reports, Kolkata's neighbouring Howrah and Dum Dum were colder at 9 degrees and 9.5 degrees respectively.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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