KOLKATA:
Temperatures dipped further in the plains of
West Bengal on Tuesday while the Himalayan town of Darjeeling clocked 1.6 degrees celsius, a notch warmer than the previous day, the Met department said.
Hilltown
Kalimpong recorded 3 degrees celsius, it said.
At 6.4 degrees celsius,
Siliguri was the coldest place in the plains followed by Coochbehar at 6.6 degrees, the Met said.
Other places that clocked sub-10 degrees celsius are Jalpaiguri (7.3), Krishnanagar (7.6),
Contai (8) and
Purulia (9.4).
Kolkata recorded a slightly lower minimum temperature compared to Monday at 12.2 degrees Celsius, it said.