Kolkata: Mercury will go down in Kolkata from Monday with a receding cloud.
The minimum temperature can touch 16 ° C even when the cold northwesterly wind finally flows into the region.
Mercury can slide further up to 15 ° C on Wednesday, said the regional meteorological center (RMC).
Kolkata records a minimum temperature of 18.2 ° C on Sunday, three degrees above normal.
Snowfall crosses Jammu and Kashmir has triggered ice winds that have started traveling southeast.
It can take a few more days because it is cold to reach and settle throughout North India, before reaching Bengal, said the weather.
“This will travel across Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar-Jharkhand before reaching the country.
We hope Mercury fell to 15 ° C in mid-week,” Director of RMC G Das.
The gap between the maximum and minimum temperature will now begin to widen, he added.
On Monday, the maximum temperature can slide up to 26 ° C.
The city records a maximum temperature of 25.3 ° C on Sunday.
Last week, the city received a sporadic drizzle, which was getting harder even as a cover of thick clouds survived.
Rain and drought clouds delay mercury slides, which are now close, the Met Office said.