Editing Kolkata (section)

==== Temperature ====
The annual mean temperature is {{cvt|26.8|C|F|1}}; monthly mean temperatures are {{cvt|19|-|30|C|F|0}}. Summers (March–June) are hot and humid, with temperatures in the low 30s Celsius; during dry spells, maximum temperatures sometime exceed {{Convert|40|C}} in May and June.<ref name="weatherbase">{{cite web |publisher=Canty and Associates LLC |url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weatherall.php3?s=090824&refer=&units=metric |title=Weatherbase entry for Kolkata |access-date=26 April 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907174739/http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weatherall.php3?s=090824&refer=&units=metric |archive-date=7 September 2011 }}</ref> Winter lasts for roughly {{frac|2|1|2}} months, with seasonal lows dipping to {{cvt|9|–|11|C|F|0}} in December and January. May is the hottest month, with daily temperatures ranging from {{cvt|27|-|37|C|F|0}}; January, the coldest month, has temperatures varying from {{cvt|12|-|23|C|F|0}}. The highest recorded temperature is {{cvt|43.9|C|F|1}}, and the lowest is {{cvt|5|C|F|0}}.<ref name="weatherbase" /> The winter is mild and very comfortable weather pertains over the city throughout this season. Often, in April–June, the city is struck by heavy rains or dusty squalls that are followed by thunderstorms or hailstorms, bringing cooling relief from the prevailing humidity. These thunderstorms are [[Convection rain|convective]] in nature, and are known locally as ''kal bôishakhi'' ({{lang|bn|কালবৈশাখী}}), or "Nor'westers" in English.<ref name="kalboisakhi">{{cite web |url=http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/search?id=kal-baisakhi1 |title=kal Baisakhi |access-date=5 September 2006 |work=Glossary of Meteorology |publisher=American Meteorological Society |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830065710/http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/search?id=kal-baisakhi1 |archive-date=30 August 2006 }}</ref>