Calcutta got its first real taste of monsoon 2010 with Monday emerging as the wettest day of the year under the influence of a cyclonic circulation.

Three months after the monsoon had entered the state, on June 13, the city received 99.2mm of rainfall till 5.30pm on Monday, beating the July 31 mark of 96.2mm.

Tuesday is likely to be cloudy, with spells of rain and thundershower.