The night of June 8, 2023 was Kolkata’s hottest June night in 50 years for which records have been maintained, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The nightime temperature touched 31.2 degrees Celsius, GK Das, head of weather section in IMD Kolkata, told this reporter.
Senior officials of IMD confirmed that city temperatures, both during day and night, have been consistently on the rise over the last few years and that too over all the months.
On June 13, Kolkata’s actual temperature rose to about 39°C but the real feel under the sun was 51°C, mainly due to high clouds as well as humidity, according to Accuweather, a private weather monitoring agency.
IMD pegged the maximum temperature on June 13 to be 37.7°C but predicted that city temperature would be around 38°C on June 14.
A few bouts of showers and the arrival of monsoon in north Bengal have put a slight lease on the warming spell in Kolkata but several south Bengal districts are still experiencing heatwave conditions.
Earlier, several north Bengal regions and adjoining Sikkim suffered severe heat spells, with maximum temperature in Bagdogra in Darjeeling district reaching 40°C just before the onset of monsoon in north Bengal.
Warming trend
The previous record for June nighttime temperature in the city was 31°C observed on June 10, 1998 and its all-time highest nighttime temperature is 34 degree Celsius recorded on March 10, 2008.
18th Jan 1974:
Kolkata Alipore 22.4 -8.9c (Lowest ever 6.7c on 20th Jan 1899).
Daltongunj and Dumka 3c, Gaya 4c, Patna and Dhanbad 5c,
Mumbai Scruz 29- 12, Colaba 25 -14.
8th February 1982, Gangtok had a rare snowfall.
Some Minimum Temperatures Eastern records broken on 9th January 2013...
*Patna 1.1c... record 1.4c..beaten
*Digha 7.4C.... record 7.6C record beaten
*Bankura 4.8c... record 5.1c record beaten
*Sri Niketan 4.9c... record 5.0c beaten
*Bhagalpur 2.8c... record 3.9c record beaten
*Gaya 1.4c tied record
Gorakhpur -1.0c...record 1.7c...record beaten
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