The climograph below shows average monthly temperatures and rainfall in the city of Kolkata. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

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the mean rainfall and
temperature
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in a
month
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over a course of a year in the town of Kolkata. Overall, after crossing May, in the following
month
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, the
temperature
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has drastically increased. April and June have an analogous volume of
precipitation
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. In the bar chart, from Jan to April, after each
month
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the
temperature
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was rising, yet it was below five degrees celsius. July has the maximum
temperature
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which is approximately 35 degrees celsius whereas Dec has the least
temperature
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. July and August are the only two months that are above the mark of 30 degrees celsius. In the line graph, for the
first
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five months, the
precipitation
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elevates steadily up to May. The
precipitation
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commenced from 200
mm
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and the highest was just above 300
mm
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then
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it started to decline. From June to Nov, there was just a 50
mm
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decrease in
precipitation
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. In the
last
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month
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of the year, the
precipitation
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was slightly above the mark of 200
mm
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.
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