On the back of a fading El Nino, North and South India have been seeing a contrasting pattern of weather. A late season spurt in westerly troughs have not only meant good spells of rains on a regular basis for many parts of North and Central India but also a delay in conditions turning from […]
Continue ReadingIndian Sub Continent is unique in many ways with the mighty Himalayas on one side and ocean bodies on three side surrounding Peninsular India. North India in a way not only has seen empires from Central Asia trying to make inroads but time to time Sub-tropical weather events also make its presence through Mid Latitude […]
Continue Reading“Beware the Ides of March” Words uttered by a soothsayer in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar The Ides of March may have been uttered to warn Julius Caesar in the play written by William Shakespeare, but the weather blogging community possibly knows it is equally applicable as far as summer goes for Tamil Nadu. More often […]
Continue ReadingWinter 2024 was abnormally warm over Southern Peninsular India. The IMD monthly summary indicated during the month of January the max temperatures over the region was about 0.67°C above normal which was the fourth highest average maximum temperature during January since 1901. During February the max temperature over Southern Peninsular India was 0.97°C warmer than […]
Continue ReadingThe IMD long term temperature anomaly analysis indicate a trend of 0.62°C degree increase in temperatures over the Indian sub continent every 100 years. The four out of the five hottest years have been since 2010. While 2023 was the second hottest year, the hottest year was 2016 which was immediately after one of the […]
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