The Regional Meteorological Centre in Alipore indicated that these temperature patterns are expected to persist over the next few days.

The Met office also predicted light rain in parts of Birbhum, Murshidabad, Nadia, and Paschim Bardhaman districts. However, chances of rain are low in Kolkata, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur, Howrah, Hooghly, Purulia, Jhargram and Bankura districts this week.

Shallow to moderate fog is expected over south Bengal during the week.

In north Bengal, Darjeeling remained the coldest among all districts. It recorded a minimum temperature of 2 degrees Celsius and a maximum temperature of 7.4 degrees Celsius on Monday. A few north Bengal districts including Malda, Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur, Cooch Behar, Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri, also experienced rainfall on Monday. The Met has predicted rain and snowfall in Darjeeling and Kalimpong till Wednesday.

(Taniya Acherjee is an intern at the Kolkata office of The Indian Express)