The rain has dried up in Kolkata and the next few days are likely to be hot and humid, the Met office said.
An odd spell of localised showers is not ruled out. But by and large, the city and the rest of south Bengal are likely to be dry for the next few days, said Met officials.
The districts of north Bengal, on the contrary, are likely to see heavy rain, thanks to a trough of low pressure in the region.
“Due to anticipation of formation of north-south trough over eastern India and strong moisture incursion from Bay of Bengal, enhanced rainfall activity and heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely to occur over the districts of north Bengal from July 9 to 13,” said a Met bulletin on Sunday morning.
Kolkata got some rain in the early hours of Saturday. Since then, the city has been dry.
The Met office recorded 18mm of rain in Alipore between 8.30pm on Friday and 8.30pm on Saturday, the bulk of which came on Saturday morning. In the subsequent 24 hours till 8.30pm on Sunday, there was no rain.
A cyclonic circulation moved into south Bengal from the Bay of Bengal on Thursday, triggering multiple spells of rain in Kolkata. On Saturday, the system was over Jharkhand but had weakened considerably, said Met officials.
On Sunday, the Met office recorded a maximum temperature of 34.3 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal.
The minimum relative humidity, a pointer to the moisture content in the atmosphere during the driest part of the day, was 65 per cent on Sunday.
But the high humidity level meant it felt like 40 degrees in the afternoon.
“The Celsius is likely to be around 35 degrees for the next couple of days. The heat, coupled with humidity, will make the conditions uncomfortable,” said a Met official.