No rain for next 48 hours in Kolkata,heavy rains for other states

Kolkata, Aug 22 (UNI) Rain relief finally came to the Kolkatans following the Met office's forecast that there would be no rains for the next 48 hours.

Maximum temperature recorded was 32.7 degree Celsius, while the minimum temperature was 26.4 degree Celsius.

Maximum humidity stood at 90 per cent and the minimum was 70 per cent, said the local weather office.

Rainfall for the past 24 hours remained trace.

Local weathermen said Kolkata received 142 cm of rainfall this monsoon, 56 cm more than normal.

The Met forecast partly cloudy sky with one or two spells of rainfall in some parts of Orissa, while Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar and Jharkhand might recieve heavy rainfall.

UNI