Rains fail to soothe weather in the city

Monday, September 3, 2007, 20:04 [IST]

Kolkata, Sep 3 (UNI) A few spells of rainfall today brought the much-needed relief to the people in the city but only for a few hours and later on, the day remained humid as usual.

Maximum temperature was pegged at 32.6 degrees Celsius while the minimum was 26.6 degrees Celsius.

The Met recorded maximum relative humidity of 92 per cent and the minimum of 70 per cent.

There was rainfall measuring about 6.5 mm, said Met officials.

Alipore weathermen predicted partly cloudy sky with a spell of rain or thunder showers in the city and its suburbs during the next 24 hours.

UNI

Topics: WEATHER-BENGAL

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