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Kolkata
has a tropical wet-and-dry climate. The
annual mean temperature is 26.8 °C (80.2
°F); monthly mean temperatures range from 19
°C (66.2 °F) to 30 °C (86.0 °F). Summers
are hot and humid with temperatures in the
low 30's and during dry spells the maximum
temperatures often exceed 40 °C (104 °F)
during May and June.
Winter
tends to last for only about two and a half
months, with seasonal lows dipping to 9 °C –
11 °C (54 °F – 57 °F) between December and
January. The highest recorded temperature is
43.9 °C (111.0 °F) and the lowest is 5 °C
(41.0 °F). On an average,
May is
the hottest month with daily temperatures
ranging from a low of 27 °C (80.6 °F) to a
maximum of 37 °C (98.6 °F), while January
the coldest month has temperatures varying
from a low of 12 °C (53.6 °F) to a maximum
of 23 °C (73.4 °F).
Often
during early summer, dusty squalls followed
by spells of thunderstorm or hailstorms and
heavy rains with ice sleets lash the city,
bringing relief from the humid heat. These
thunderstorms are convective in nature, and
is locally known as Kal baisakhi.
Rains
brought by the Bay of Bengal branch of
South-West monsoon lash the city between
June and September and supplies the city
with most of its annual rainfall of 1,582 mm
(62 in).
The
highest rainfall occurs during the monsoon
in August—306 mm (12 in). The city receives
2,528 hours of sunshine per annum, with the
maximum sunlight occurring in March
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